Day 32: Visit to Lanzhou Museum

This morning we travelled with three bus-loads of other international students to together visit the Lanzhou Museum. The first hall that we were introduced to was a history of the Silk Road, the extensive trading route that runs through Gansu, connecting North, South, East and West. This road has been used for thousands of years, and as such has a long and interesting history. The exhibition included many ancient artifacts: tools, art, pottery and items of trade.

There was also an extensive collection of Buddhist sculptures and artworks.





As well as these collections of historic relics, there are preserved natural resources also. In other halls there are a number of fossils including a 4 metre high replica skeleton of the Mammoth and exhibits on the panda, golden monkey and cranes (of the avian variety). Well worth a visit!