Yuanqu Natural Museum

Yuanqu Natural Museum

Located in Yuanqu County, it is the only county-level natural museum in Shanxi Province. Covering an area of 7,000 square meters with a total construction area of 1,800 square meters, the museum includes exhibition rooms for animals, plants, minerals, and paleontology. It displays over 100 animal specimens, over 300 rare plants and tree species from primeval forests along with their images, over 200 Yuanqu medicinal herb specimens, 46 types of mineral specimens from within Yuanqu, and multiple paleontological specimens (including rhinoceros, elephants, Yellow River monkeys, Gobi pigs, marine animal fossils, and more).