Paleozoological Museum of China 中国古动物馆

西直门外大街142号，北京动物园向西300米路南
Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of Northwest Beyond the Zoo

Also known as the Museum of Ancient Animals, this building has a modern front on a seemingly rather older venue, but its collection of fossilised ancient animals is substantial, including a hall of towering wired-together dinosaur skeletons guaranteed to give small children nightmares for some time to come. There’s little in English, so the pleasures here are visual rather than more broadly educational.

▶ Zhōngguó Gǔ Dòngwù Guǎn, Xī Zhí Mén Wài Dàjiē 142, t 8836 9280, www.ivpp.ac.cn, 9.30am–3pm, Tue–Sun. ¥20. m Běijīng Zoo (Line 4) exit D and walk west. b to 动物园: 特4, 7, 15, 19, 27, 45, 65, 102电车, 103电车, 运通104线, 运通105线, 105电车, 运通106线, 107电车, 111电车, 运通205线, 319, 332, 334, 347, 360, 360快车, 362, 534, 563, 608, 632, 685, 697, 714.

The Běijīng Planetarium is a short walk to the east, and Běijīng Zoo opposite that. Or continue west, crossing to the north side of the road, to walk west through Purple Bamboo Park to the Wànshòu Sì.

Next in Northwest Beyond the Zoo: Five Padoga Temple
Previously: Běijīng Planetarium
Main Index of A Better Guide to Beijing.

For discussion of China travel, see The Oriental-List.