The Tangshan Fangshan National Geopark Museum, located in the Tangshan Resort within Tangshan National Geopark, Jiangning, Jiangsu, covers an area of approximately 74.7 hectares. The Geopark is primarily positioned for geological research, science education, and cultural tourism, consisting of three parts: the Nanjing Upright Man Fossil Archaeological Site (Ancient Ape Cave), the Cultural Tourism Complex (Nanjing Upright Man Fossil Museum), and the Time Tunnel.
The first phase of the museum, based on ‘Tangshan Geology’ and the theme of ‘Evolution of Life,’ centers around the Nanjing Upright Man from the Middle Pleistocene Epoch, unfolding the geological changes and human evolution over millions of years. The Tangshan Fangshan National Geopark Museum will take you on a journey through 600 million years of life’s evolution in the Nanjing area, recreating the ancestral human living environment in Nanjing, and revealing how this magical land has nurtured and sustained human genes and civilization. Opening hours are year-round from Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00 to 17:00; closed all day on Mondays; open from 09:00 to 17:00 on New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day. Preferential policies include free admission for children under 1.4 meters (inclusive) and for minors aged 6 (exclusive) to 18 (inclusive) at half price; students with valid student IDs from full-time undergraduate and lower-level institutions at half price; free admission for seniors aged 70 (inclusive) and above with ID or senior citizen card; half price for seniors aged 60 (inclusive) to 69 (inclusive) with ID or senior citizen card; free admission for active-duty soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army and Armed Police Force, retired cadres, revolutionary disabled soldiers, and military academy students with military status with valid documents; free admission for the disabled with disability certificates; free admission for retired cadres with a ‘Retirement Certificate,’ allowing one accompanying caregiver (a responsible adult) to enter for free. Additional information: The above information is for reference only; details are subject to the day’s disclosure by the scenic area. Service facilities include a parking lot: [Upright Man Fossil Site Museum Parking Lot], reference price: free; address: No. 169 Tangquan West Road, Tangshan Street, Jiangning District, Nanjing; capacity: 100 spaces.Tangshan Fangshan National Geopark Museum
The Tangshan Fangshan National Geopark Museum, located in the Tangshan Resort within Tangshan Nation[...]
