introduce

China Coal Museum, located on the west bank of Fenhe Park in Taiyuan City, is the collection center of historical relics, specimens, documents and materials of the national coal industry. How is coal, which is closely related to our daily life, generated, and how is it excavated from the dark underground? These questions can all be answered in the Coal Museum.

When you approach the preface hall, you will feel a strong smell of coal, where you can see a 15-square-meter world coal resource distribution map, a 6-meter-high giant coal relief coal pillar, precious coal carving crafts and Huge model of Earth in blue cosmic sky. In the Hall of Coal Generation, a series of fossils, specimens and geological historical materials reveal to tourists the scientific conclusion that coal comes from plants. The hall restores the Jurassic forest landscape hundreds of millions of years ago. Huge petrified wood, towering standard formations, the roar of dinosaurs, the ticking of running water, giant dinosaur skeletons, restored and enlarged plant cells that can be visited, give the audience a strong visual and auditory impact.

In the four-dimensional dynamic theater in the museum, visitors can travel through the space-time tunnel of hundreds of millions of years in just 6 minutes, experience the living environment of the Jurassic in three dimensions, and experience wind, thunder, rain, electricity, volcanic eruption, and crustal Sports and other natural scenes, experience the process of coal generation in thrills and entertainment.

The characteristic of the museum is the "Coal Pleasure Palace". "Coal Pleasure Palace" is an underground simulated mine that uses a large number of physical prototypes or 1:1 scale replicas. The tour route is several hundred meters long. You can put on a miner's uniform and a miner's hat, descend from the elevator to the ground, walk through the simulated underground coal mining tunnel, and feel the hardships and dangers of the daily work of coal miners.

opening hours

09:00-18:00 throughout the year (stop ticket sales at 16:30, last admission at 16:30)

Preferential treatment policy

child:Free for children under 6 years old (including 6 years old) or under 1.2 meters in height (including 1.2 meters); half price for minors from 6 years old (excluding 6 years old) to 18 years old (including 18 years old)
elder:Seniors over 70 years old (inclusive) are free with their own valid certificates; seniors aged 60 (inclusive) to 70 years old (excluding) and above are half-price with legal and valid certificates
student:Half-price for full-time undergraduate and below degree students
the disabled:With valid ID, free of charge
soldier:Active servicemen and disabled revolutionary servicemen are free of charge with their valid certificates

Service Facilities

PARKING LOT:[Coal Museum Parking Lot] Reference price: ¥10/hour; Address: Coal Museum, No. 2 Yingze West Street, Taiyuan City; Location: 300
Scenic spot explanation:The China Coal Museum will equip each group of visitors with a safety guide (Chinese or English) and provide explanation equipment (transmitters and receivers) to improve the quality and effect of the explanation. \nCharging standard: safety guidance and explanation service (time not less than 60 minutes)\nChinese explanation: 50 yuan for less than 5 people (including 5 people), more than 5 people, an additional 10 yuan for each additional person, each person provides a receivers, no more than 15 people per group. \nChinese speaking (interpreters designated by the audience): 100 yuan for less than 5 people (including 5 people), more than 5 people, 20 yuan for each additional person, and a receiver for each person, no more than 15 yuan per group people. \nEnglish explanation: 300 yuan, one receiver per person, up to 15 receivers, no more than 15 people per group. \nVisitors are requested to use and keep the receiver properly, and return it after the tour. If lost or damaged, compensation shall be made according to the price (the cost of each receiver is 380 yuan). \nExplanation:\n1. The China Coal Museum is an industrial museum. Due to the particularity of the display, tourists cannot visit it by themselves. cost of. \n2. If you need to issue an invoice, please contact the staff at the ticket office.
stroller rental:Reference price: free, a deposit is required

must see tips

1. The China Coal Museum is an industrial museum. Due to the particularity of the exhibition, tourists cannot visit it by themselves. In order to ensure the quality and safety of each visitor's visit, the China Coal Museum provides safety guidance and explanation services to the audience and charges corresponding fees.

2. The roads in the underground tunnels are complicated and the lights are dim. Tourists need to follow the arrangement and guidance of the guides when visiting, and do not move without authorization to avoid accidents or getting lost.