Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Fossil museum in Da'an District, China.
The Zigong Dinosaur Museum is a paleontology museum in Da'an District that displays a large collection of fossils from local excavations. The exhibition spaces feature several complete skeletons and thousands of individual bones arranged in systematic presentations.
The Zigong area became a center of paleontological interest in 1915 when a Western scientist documented dinosaur bones in the Sichuan region. This discovery led to the recognition that the area held exceptionally rich fossil deposits.
The museum's name links the city of Zigong with the dinosaurs whose fossils lie beneath Dashanpu. Since 1989 it has sent mounted dinosaur skeletons abroad as travelling exhibitions, and on 22 March 2008 it signed a sister-museum agreement with the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan.
The museum has climate-controlled exhibition halls that are comfortable to visit throughout the year. Information panels and guided tours help visitors understand the fossil displays and navigate the large spaces.
The Fossil Burial Hall displays thousands of bones lying in their original discovery positions rather than being reconstructed and reassembled. This allows visitors to see the natural arrangement as it formed millions of years ago.
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