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pitiful cages and enclosures, with the polar bears pinning their hopes on gaining admis-
sion to the excellent
Běijīng Aquarium
( 6217 6655; adult/child ¥130/70; 9am-5.30pm Apr-Oct,
10am-4.30pm Nov-Mar1)
in the northeastern corner of the zoo. On view is an imaginative
Amazon rainforest (complete with piranha), coral reefs, a shark aquarium and a marine
mammal pavilion (which hosts lively aquatic animal displays). The ticket price to the
aquarium includes entry to the zoo; you can buy this ticket at the zoo entrance.
BĚIJĪNG PLANETARIUM
( Běijīng Tiānwénguǎn; 138 Xizhimenwai Dajie; old/new bldg ¥15/10, Optical Planetarium ¥15, 4-D Theatre ¥30,
Space Simulator ¥30, Digital Space Theatre ¥45; 9.30am-4pm Wed-Sun; Běijīng Zoo)
Across from the
zoo, children will find something to marvel at among the telescopes, models of the planets
and the solar system, and the variety of shows in the new building, even though the typic-
al absence of thorough English captions can make full comprehension an astronomical
task.
|PLANETARIUM
PALEOZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF CHINA
( Zhōngguó Gǔdòngwùguǎn; 8836 9210; 142 Xizhimenwai Dajie; admission ¥20; 9am-4.30pm Tue-Sun;
Běijīng Zoo)
Located in a strange office block of a building (look for the dinosaur on the
side), this houses the best collection of dinosaurs in Běijīng. Very few English captions,
but young palaeontologists can gawp at skeletons of
TyrannosaurusRex
and
Tsintaosaur-
us
as well as
Mamenchisaurus
, Asia's biggest dino.
|MUSEUM
