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Beijing Museum of Natural History 
Established 1951 Location Chongwen District, Beijing Type natural history museum Website http://www.bmnh.org.cn The Beijing Museum of Natural History (“BMNH”, Chinese: 北京自然博物馆) is located at 126, Tian Qiao Nan Street, Chong Wen District, Beijing, 100050, and is the most popular natural history museum in China.[1] It was originally founded in 1951 as the National Central Museum of Natural History, and its name changed to the Beijing Museum of Natural History in 1962. The BMNH is the first large scale natural history museum created in China.[2]
The BMNH has total floor space of 24,000 square meters, of which 8,000 square meters are available for display and owns more than 200,000 specimens. The major display area is the Tian Jiabing Building. The collections include paleontology, ornithology, mammals and invertebrates, and include a major collection of dinosaur fossils and mounted skeletons. The BMNH also engages in significant scientific research in these areas.[2]
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Coordinates: 39°52′54″N 116°23′38″E / 39.88167°N 116.39389°E
Natural history museums in China Beijing Museum of Natural History • Hong Kong Museum of History • Inner Mongolia Museum • Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology • Paleozoological Museum of China • Shanghai Natural History MuseumMuseums in Beijing Beijing Ancient Observatory • Beijing Exhibition Center • Beijing Museum of Natural History • Beijing Planetarium • Beijing Art Museum • Capital Museum • China Millennium Monument • China Railway Museum • China Science and Technology Museum • Chinese Aviation Museum • Cultural Palace of Nationalities • Forbidden City • Geological Museum of China • Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution • National Art Museum of China • National Museum of China • Paleozoological Museum of China • Prince Gong Mansion • Today Art Museum • Tuan Cheng Fortress • Yuan CenterCategories:- Museums established in 1951
- Museums in Beijing
- Natural history museums in China
- Dinosaur museums
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