The best thing about this museum was that we were the only people in it. The scanner to pay electronically was broken and when I produced cash, there was no change. The space itself has so much potential, a massive entrance hall and some creatively designed show rooms. But the hall was filled with a couple stuffed yaks; the kids sat on a live one later in the day. The show rooms displayed common insects like June bugs and ear wigs, and almost all of the settings were paper mache and did not use natural materials. Maybe if I could read Chinese, I could have gotten more out of the explanations of the geological history of the land, but I could still tell it was limited and almost all of the screen displays were powered off. A nice display of stuffed animals, but instead of a history museum, I would describe it as an update of what you can see today. No authentic prehistoric displays little to no mention of human interaction with the land.

Came by today (25th August 2018), sat on a bus for a whole hour to get here from the other side of town when Baidu maps told me it would take 30min only to find that it's closed. I walked around to the back and found the museum gift shop was still open. Using Baidu translate, I asked her what the deal was and she said it won't be open until next year.