Hezheng Paleozoological Museum
和政古动物化石博物馆
A specialized museum housing many fossils of shovel-tusked elephants, three-toed horses, woolly rhinoceroses and other ancient animals, with a world-renowned number and completeness of specimens.
The Hezheng Paleozoological Museum is located in Hezheng County town and displays mammal fossils from tens of millions to millions of years ago found in the Hezheng area. These include shovel-tusked elephants, giant hyenas, the Hipparion fauna and some of the earliest woolly rhinoceros fossils. The collection is large and highly complete, and the area is listed as a key national protected fossil site. Admission is free, visitors must present an ID card, and the museum is generally closed on Mondays. It is about 30 km from Linxia city center and can be visited on the same day as Songmingyan.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00, closed Mon
Nearby sights
- Songmingyan Scenic Area
- Donggongguan Mansion
- Bafang Thirteen Lanes
- Butterfly Tower (Hudie Lou)
- Linxia Prefecture Museum
- Hongyuan Garden
- Wanshou Guan Taoist Temple
- Bingling Temple Grottoes