Cijin Shell Museum

The Cijin Shell Museum (traditional Chinese: 旗津貝殼博物館; simplified Chinese: 旗津贝壳博物馆; Hanyu Pinyin: Qíjīn Bèiké Bówùguǎn; Tongyong Pinyin: Cíjin Bèiké Bówùguǎn) is a museum in Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Cijin Shell Museum
旗津貝殼博物館
LocationCijin, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Coordinates22°36′04.6″N 120°16′27.1″E
Typemuseum

Architecture

The museum building occupies the top floor of the white, gray-blue and light blue building. The ground floor of the building is the Cijin Seaside Park tourist service center.[1][2]

Exhibition

The museum houses more than 200 kinds of shrimps and crabs specimens as well as more than 2,000 kinds of shellfish specimens, including three kinds of 'living fossil' Nautilus.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. "Qijin". Taiwan, the Heart of Asia. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. "Cijin Shell Gallery". Kaohsiung Travel. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "Using 2 Wheels To Get Around Cijin". Cjjh.kh.edu.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-05-27.


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