National Chinese Wetlands Museum

The National Chinese Wetland Museum ( 中国 湿 地 博物馆 , Zhōngguó Shīdì Bówùguǎn , English: National Wetland Museum of China) is located west of Hangzhou , adjacent to a wetland , the historical development of which is shown in the museum.

Xixi Wetlands National Park, China

The National Park of the Xixi Wetland ( 西溪 国家 湿地公园 , Xīxī Guójiā Shīdì Gōngyuán English: Xixi National Wetland Park) covers 3.5 km² and is a nature reserve. It is located on a wetland area, which 4,000 years ago covered about 60 km², of which 11 km² are still available today. Originally located outside the city of Hangzhou, it has been integrated into the city since 2000. The park shows no spectacular animals or plants, only the natural landscape of the wetland, crossed by water channels and densely overgrown. In between there are restaurant pagodas and boats of old Chinese design also sail the waters. At the same time it is a local recreation area. Modern architecture emerged around the park, including the National Chinese Wetlands Museum . It is described as UFO-like and was designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki.

National Chinese Wetlands Museum

The museum opened in 2009. It is 20,000 m² and is divided into an introductory hall, a hall of the wetlands and mankind, and a hall of the Xixi wetlands. The museum is largely geared towards educational tourism with life-size animal models in their habitat, educational boards and electronic media displays. There are also regional exhibitions on relevant topics, such as 2011 "Fossils from West Liaoning" with regional finds. Entry to the museum is free. Museum address: National Wetland Museum of China, 402 Tianmushan Road, Xihu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China [phone]

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1. ↑ The past and present of the Feuchtland Park. (No longer available online.) Cultural-china.com, archived from the original on May 12, 2013 ; Retrieved August 9, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Reference to the reptile exhibition. whatsonningbo.com, accessed August 9, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Brief description of the museum with photos, China Daily 2009-11-04. China Daily, Hangzhou, accessed August 9, 2013 . 

Coordinates: 30 ° 15 ′ 59 ″  N , 120 ° 4 ′ 56 ″  E