Taiyuan China Coal Museum｜Complete Guide

🔔Introduction: Shanxi Museum is located in Wanbailin District, Taiyuan. It is a national first-class museum and a collection center for historical relics, specimens, documents, and materials of the coal industry in China. ---- 📷Visitor Guide: ✅Ticket price: 60 yuan, no reservation required. ✅Opening hours: 9:00-17:30 (last entry at 16:30). ✅Recommended visit duration: 1-2 hours. ✅The museum has seven exhibition halls and a simulated mine: 🌟Seven exhibition halls: 🌈Coal Formation Hall, Coal and Humanity Hall, Coal Development Technology Hall, Contemporary Chinese Coal Industry Hall, Coal Art Hall, Coal Literature Hall, Sino-Foreign Exchange Hall. 🌈Through fossils, specimens, and geological materials, it reveals that coal comes from plants and restores the Jurassic forest landscape from hundreds of millions of years ago. 🌈It showcases from multiple angles the "Ancient Coal Development and Utilization", "Coal and the Modern Industrial Revolution", "Coal and Modern Life", "Advances in Coal Development Technology", and "Coal and the Future World". 🌟4D Cinema: In just six minutes, travel through billions of years of time and space, experiencing the Jurassic survival environment and various natural scenes in a three-dimensional way, feeling the process of coal formation amidst thrills and entertainment. Tips❗️Only the first row of seats has motion effects. 🌟Simulated Mine: 🌈Located on the underground floor, it is the largest underground simulated mine in Asia. The tour route is 800 meters long. You can wear a miner's hat with a headlamp, enter the underground mine tunnel like a real miner, take a small train, and witness the coal mining process firsthand, which is very impressive. 🌈The mine mainly has eight major scenes: Ancient Coal Kiln, Transportation Main Road, Modern Coal Tunnel, Blasting Workface, Geological Tunnel, Mechanized Tunneling Workface, Film Screening Area, Mechanized Coal Mining Workface. ---- 📍Address: No. 2, Yingze West Street, Wanbailin District, Taiyuan. ---- 🚗Transportation: Bus routes 813, 863, 868, get off at Yingze Bridge West Station.