Qingdao Shell Museum

Qingdao Shell Museum

Qingdao Shell Museum is located in Tangdao Bay, West Coast New District of Qingdao city. It is a private Shell Museum with shell as the theme, integrating shell research, collection, science education and cultural tourism. It covers an area of about 2600 square meters and has the largest Beach Terrace in China.

The new Qingdao Shell Museum is expected to be completed in 2020. By then, more than 12000 kinds of shell specimens, more than 5000 fossil shells, and more than 800 shell cultural relics and artworks will be displayed.

Exhibition hall introduction

The museum is mainly composed of six parts: shell specimen exhibition area, shell viewing area, children's interaction area, science popularization area, shellfish commodity exhibition area and shellfish bioscience research institute. The museum has collected more than 4260 kinds of shell (Conch) specimens of five classes, 262 families and more than 130 kinds of shellfish fossils from more than 60 countries in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean and five continents The facilities are at the leading level in China. There are not only giant clams with a diameter of one meter, known as the "king of seashells", but also small scallops that can only be seen with a magnifying glass, and Nautilus fossils from the Ordovician period 450 million years ago

Viewing Area

Creative Gallery

Shellfish exhibition hall

Beach platform

Concept of Library Construction

Qingdao Shell Museum always adheres to the concept of "harmonious coexistence of human and nature". While fully displaying the collection, it enables the public to understand nature and further understand marine shellfish through visiting the museum. On the one hand, it awakens and improves people's awareness of ecological environment protection

On the other hand, it will build a broader platform for children's scientific popularization and shellfish research. The construction of the museum has attracted the attention of experts, scholars and relevant departments at home and abroad. Mr. He Jing, a famous Chinese shellfish scholar, Mr. Wan Xiaojun, President of Ocean University of China, Ocean University of China Press and China South China Sea Marine Protection Association, have successively provided assistance for the construction of the museum, which has enabled the smooth preparation for the construction of Qingdao Shell Museum. The children's shell foundation of Qingdao Shell Museum has also been widely supported by many shellfish lovers, providing a better humanistic environment and popular science teaching platform for the majority of young people who love shellfish biology.

At present, China's Shell Museum is in the growth stage. In Asia, there are more than 4000 kinds of shells in the Korean Shell Museum, more than 6000 kinds in the Japanese Shell Museum, and nearly 7000 kinds in the Philippine Shell Museum. At present, there are more than 4260 kinds of shells in our collection, and more than 4000 kinds are in the process of sorting out. By then, our collection will exceed 8000 kinds.

Offer information

In February 2020, in order to express our gratitude to the medical staff, the culture and Tourism Bureau of Qingdao West Coast new area issued an initiative to the cultural and tourism enterprises in the new area to implement a free visit policy for all medical workers in the country.

Medical workers from all over the country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) can come to the park free of charge with their valid certificates (I.D. card and medical personnel qualification card) from the date when the above scenic spots are reopened to December 31, 2020.

Address: TANGDAOWAN pedestrian street, Lijiang West Road

Longitude: 120.195078

Latitude: 35.945849

Tel: 0532-80982120