The Coal Museum of China, Shanxi, China
4.0 (12 reviews) Spent Ranking #22 in Taiyuan Speciality Museums
Interesting and well preserved museum
This place is great if you want to know more about the Shanxi Coal industry, and the coal industry in general. The place is well conceived, the staff is great, and there is even a floor reserved to old scriptures. This is really interesting!
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No.2 West Main Street, Yingze District, Taiyuan 030002 China
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Website
http://www.coalmus.org.cn/
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4.0 based on (12 reviews)
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3howardxp1 5:00 PM Apr 16, 2015
A different museum experience
The museum does indeed teach us about the various uses of coal and it's energy potential. But, its exhibits admittedly seems a bit dated and getting old. Also, it's almost all in Chinese Mandarin. What i did not like was that they charge an additional 100 RMB for a mandatory "guide" to take you through the museum!! If you're Chinese, then the price of the guide is 50 RMB. No one at the ticket window spoke English at all. That and the mandatory guide will discourage most people to go. Do they not realize this basic fact? They claim that you have to walk through a simulated coal mine so it can be dangerous. The mine and short train ride is cute indeed, but an 8 year old can hold their own in there. It's not dangerous, though perhaps they have insurance issues? The ticket price was 60 RMB NOT including the guide. So, it becomes expensive if you have to pay the 100 additional RMB. At that point, I don't know if it's worth it. Also, from the exhibits, one would get the idea that Coal energy is the solution to most energy but I didn't see anywhere that it's almost the single worst problem afflicting China today regarding pollution! Overall, if $ is not an issue, then it's certainly a different type of museum to see. Howard S.
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3Jeffrey H 5:00 PM May 6, 2019
One of the few coal museums in the world, in a part of the country built by coal, with some interesting surprises.
This museum is in an aging building, with little English translation, but it is a unique museum in that there are very few coal museums in the world. The upper floors are devoted, mainly in Chinese, to showing you how coal is formed, used and how it's use has benefited society and evolved. There's a 4D movie on the creation of coal, though in Chinese, is satisfyingly graphically visual. Of particular interest was a tour of the coal mine under ground. You get the feel of coal mines, get to ride in a train bringing workers to mines, and the tour shows you the evolution of coal mining over the centuries. Well worth the short visit in a city where there are not too many other grand sites to see.
