10 attractions in Shanxi's two cities

Attraction 6

The Coal Museum of China, Taiyuan

Address: No 2 Yingzexi Lu, Taiyuan city, Shanxi province
Opening Hours: 9 am – 5 pm
Ticket Price: 60 yuan ($8.18)

Built in 1992, the Coal Museum of China is the only national-level coal industry museum in China. The museum houses cultural relics, specimens, documents and materials from the national coal industry. It is also a coal related science education institution and scientific research institution.

There is a colliery safety education hall, an ancient mural hall, a simulated colliery, and seven exhibition halls focused on coal and humanity, coal development technology, China's modern coal industry, coal art, coal documents and China's links with the coal industry in other countries.

The simulated mine and exhibition halls for coal formation, coal and humanity, coal art and coal documents are currently open to the public.