Chongqing Science and Technology Museum

The Chongqing Science and Technology Museum (simplified Chinese: 重庆科技馆; traditional Chinese: 重慶科技館) is a science museum in the Jiangbei District of Chongqing, China.

Chongqing Science and Technology Museum

The ground-breaking ceremony for the museum was held on 7 January 2006 and construction started in October 2006. The museum was opened to the public on 9 September 2009. Guida Moseley Brown Architects were involved in the project.^[1] The museum cost 567 million RMB to build. It is on a plot of 37 mu and the building has a floor area of 45,300 m².

The museum is centrally located in Jiangbeizui CBD, near the Chongqing Grand Theatre and the confluence of the Jialing River and the Yangtze River. It has an IMAX theatre.^[2] The museum is free for school children.^[3]

See also

• List of museums in China
• Three Gorges Museum

References

1. "Chongqing Science and Technology Museum – PR China". Guida Moseley Brown Architects. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
2. "IMAX, Chongqing Science & Technology Museum". IMAX. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
3. . China Association for Science and Technology. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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