Lanzhou Earthquake Museum

The Lanzhou Earthquake Museum ( Chinese  兰州 地震 博物馆 , Pinyin Lanzhou dizhen bowuguan ) was established in 1989. It is located in Shilitao十里 桃 乡 Township of Anning安宁 区Township of Lanzhou in Gansu Province, China , near Jiaotong University at the foot of the mountain. It has an exhibition area of ​​3500 square meters.

The Lanzhou area has been repeatedly hit by major earthquakes ; including the Haiyuan earthquake in 1920, it was one of the most severe in the world.

Seven exhibition halls are dedicated to various aspects of the earthquake disasters.

literature

• Wang Zengjia 王 增 甲: Lanzhou dizhen bowuguan. [Lanzhou Earthquake Museum]; Gansu wenhua chubanshe, Lanzhou 1994, ISBN 7-80608-004-X .

See also

• List of earthquakes in China
• Xingtai Earthquake Exhibition Hall , Hebei
• Tangshan Earthquake Exhibition Hall , Hebei

Web links

• Between the container warehouse and the scare museum (via Adapazarı ; PDF file; 729 kB)
• Dizhen bowuguan

Coordinates: 36 ° 6 ′ 55 ″  N , 103 ° 43 ′ 40 ″  E