Lanzhou Earthquake Museum

Lanzhou Earthquake Museum

synonym

Lanzhou seismological Museum generally refers to Lanzhou seismological Museum

Founded in 1988, Lanzhou earthquake museum is located at the foot of the back hill of Lanzhou Jiaotong University in shilitao Township, Anning District, Lanzhou city. It is built in a 400 meter long large civil air defense cave. It is the first professional seismological Museum in China with the largest scale, the richest collection, display, research and publicity of earthquake historical materials and earthquake knowledge. It covers an area of 3500 square meters, and the exhibition hall covers an area of about 1000 square meters. The main exhibition hall of the museum is dimly lit and mysterious. On the top of the exhibition hall is an ancient earthquake fault zone, and the fault plane is clearly visible, which is very spectacular.

On October 11, 2018, he was selected into the list of "national primary and secondary students' research and practice education base".

Development history

Lanzhou seismological Museum, founded in 1988, is located at the foot of the back mountain of Jiaotong University in Anning District, Lanzhou city. It is the first seismological museum to collect, display, research and publicize earthquake historical materials and knowledge. It covers an area of 3500 square meters, and the exhibition hall covers an area of about 1000 square meters. The main exhibition hall of the museum is dimly lit and mysterious. At the entrance of the exhibition hall is an ancient earthquake fault zone The surface is clearly visible, very spectacular.

Basic Display

There are more than 400 objects and historical materials in the museum, many of which are unique in China. They are the first original map of intensity zoning in China; the first stone tablet of earthquake damage distribution map; the only earthquake currency in China created by the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake in Ningxia: solidified sand column, the earthquake product 10000 years ago, and rare carbonized fault gouge in the world. Earthquake clay sculpture museum is an art form of clay sculpture, which reproduces the first earthquake measured by the world's first seismograph (Zhang Heng seismograph) - Lanzhou earthquake in 138 ad, which has a very important position and significance in the history of earthquakes. In 1996, the branch library won the third prize of science and technology progress of Provincial Seismological Bureau. The earthquake audio-visual hall has a collection of more than 20 videos about earthquakes at home and abroad. In the form of music and music, visitors can not only learn the knowledge of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, but also feel on the spot, shocked and interesting.

More than 20 seismic instruments used in earthquake monitoring in various periods since liberation are on display in the museum. Among them are Zhang Heng recovery seismograph, which can be operated and demonstrated on the spot, and large tape recorder in 1980s. The earthquake calligraphy and painting museum displays more than 50 works of famous earthquake experts Gu Gongxu, Fu Chengyi, Weng Wenbo, Qin Xinling, Xie Yushou, Ding Guoyu and other earthquake scientists, fine works of the first national earthquake calligraphy and painting exhibition, and special works of Zhang Baohua, the founder of national famous fingerprint painting. The museum records the glorious deeds of four young earthquake experts in 1999 who bravely entered the no man's land in Mani, Tibet for earthquake scientific research, embodying the patriotic spirit of advocating science and daring to sacrifice.

Collection

More than 400 precious cultural relics and historical materials have been collected in the museum, and seven pavilions have been set up, namely, earthquake knowledge mural Museum, physical historical materials Museum, earthquake calligraphy and painting Museum, audio-visual Museum, earthquake clay sculpture museum, earthquake instrument Museum and no man's land Museum. Among them, 83 true stories and more than 1000 characters are displayed in the earthquake mural Museum, vividly depicting the causes of earthquakes, earthquake precursors, disaster relief and other aspects of knowledge, as well as the historical scenes of human struggle with nature. The whole mural is a large-scale, rich and vivid teaching material of earthquake prevention knowledge, which was awarded the second prize of science popularization by the State Seismological Bureau in 1990.

Working conditions

Since its opening, the museum has received nearly 300000 visitors, and has been recognized by audiences from all walks of life at home and abroad. Chen Zhangli, former director of the State Seismological Bureau, wrote an inscription in 1990: "the creative work of Lanzhou seismological museum will always be recorded in the history of seismological work." Mass message: "a strange underground labyrinth, a gallery of earthquake knowledge, a treasure house of scientific research and historical data.". While actively playing the role of education base, the museum has also carried out various publicity and education activities with rich contents, such as holding summer camp for middle school students, holding earthquake science reports, lectures and competitions, compiling and publishing several books of earthquake knowledge, etc. these meaningful activities of the museum provide a wide range of scientific knowledge education and spread of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction Culture, carry forward the spirit of earthquake relief, has played a very important role. The museum has won the honorary titles of "China science popularization education base for earthquake prevention and disaster reduction", "national science popularization education base", "National Youth Science and technology education base", "Gansu science popularization education base", "Lanzhou patriotism education base", "Anning youth patriotism education base" and so on. In 2002, the museum was rated as "national earthquake prevention and disaster reduction pioneer" by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and China Seismological Bureau In 2005, it was awarded as the "excellent collective" of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction work in China by China Seismological Bureau.

Visit information

Address: 348 Anning West Road, Anning District

Address: no.348, Anning West Road, Anning District, Lanzhou

Longitude: 103.729892933

Latitude: 36.115267623887

Tel: 0931-7677551

Ticket information: free. The museum is free of charge and needs ID card registration

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