China Quaternary Glacier Museum, Quaternary glaciology museum in Shijingshan District, China

The China Quaternary Glacier Museum stands on Moshikou Street in Shijingshan District, at the foot of Cuiwei Mountain, beside Quaternary glacial striations. It opened in July 1992 and is China's only museum devoted to glacial remains. The striations were listed as a Beijing municipal cultural relic in 1957.

The glacier striations at the foot of Cuiwei Mountain in Moshikou were listed as a protected cultural relic of Beijing in 1957. The museum itself opened on that site in July 1992. It is the only museum in China devoted to glacier remains.

The museum connects visitors with how glacier research shaped scientific understanding in China and offers programs that make ice age landscapes relevant to modern concerns. Exhibitions and workshops here show the relationship between geological study and environmental awareness.

The museum stands on Modekou Street in Shijingshan District, at the glacier striations site beneath Cuiwei Mountain, listed as a Beijing protected cultural relic in 1957. The striated rock face lies outside the building, so look for it before or after the exhibition halls. The displays are compact and geological, rewarding a slow read of the labels.

The glacier striations at the foot of Cuiwei Mountain were listed as a Beijing municipal cultural relic protection unit in 1957, decades before the museum opened in July 1992. The building was placed directly at the rock face where these marks are visible.