Museum of Natural Resources of Qinghai Province formerly known as the Qinghai Geological Bureau Resource Museum founded in 1958, was renamed Qinghai Geological Museum in 1990. Merging with the original Geological Data Archive in 2000, it become Qinghai Land and Resources Museum and was renamed Museum of Natural Resources of Qinghai Province in 2019.
Museum of Natural Resources of Qinghai Province is the first provincial-level museum in China with the theme of natural resources after the institutional reform, and it is the first museum to realize the integration of mountains, water, forests, fields, lakes, grasses, sand, ice, biology and minerals, and it is also the first museum to be built with the responsibilities of “two unifications”.
The main building of the museum has four floors, with a construction area of 7,500 square meters and an exhibition hall area of 5,747 square meters, which is divided into the preface hall, the earth science hall, the natural resources hall, the man and nature hall, the mineral crystal hall, and the course of trials and hardship hall. Focusing on the main line of “origin, traceability, resources, and origin”, the exhibition adopts digital display, all-round exhibition, immersive experience, interactive learning, real-time online and other methods to popularize the beginning of all things, explore the mysteries of the plateau, display the charm of resources, and protect ecological harmony, and effectively play the propaganda function of “one highland, one window, one platform”, that is, the “propaganda highland” of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, the “display window”of popularizing natural resource knowledge, and the “display window” of promoting the great beauty of Qinghai,and love Qinghai, build Qinghai, and dedicate Qinghai to the “power platform”.
The science popularization work has been highly praised by all walks of life, and has been listed as 12 bases such as the national science education base, and has been awarded the honorary titles of “March 8th Red Flag Collective”in Qinghai Province and Youth Civilization of the Ministry of Natural Resources.It has made positive contributions to the dissemination of the idea of ecological civilization advocated by XiJingping , the promotion of the great beauty of Qinghai, and the popularization of natural resources knowledge.
青海省自然资源博物馆前身为始建于1958年的青海省地质局资源馆,1990年更名为青海省地质博物馆,2000年与原地质资料档案馆合并为青海省国土资源博物馆。2019年更名为青海省自然资源博物馆。
青海省自然资源博物馆是机构改革后,国内首家以自然资源为主题建设的省级博物馆,是首次实现了以山、水、林、田、湖、草、沙、冰、生物、矿产融合展出的博物馆,也是首例以“两个统一”职责为主构建的博物馆。
博物馆主体建筑为四层,建筑面积7500平方米,展厅面积 5747平方米,分为序厅、地球科学厅、自然资源厅、人与自然厅、矿物晶体厅、风雨历程厅。展陈围绕“起源、溯源、资源、本源”这一主线,采用数字化展示、全方位展览、沉浸式体验、互动式学习、实时性在线等方式,科普万物之始、探究高原奥秘、展示资源魅力、守护生态和谐,有效发挥“一个高地一个窗口一个平台”的宣传功能,即习近平生态文明思想的“宣传高地”、普及自然资源知识、宣传大美青海的“展示窗口”、热爱青海、建设青海、奉献青海的“动力平台”。
科普宣传工作得到社会各界高度好评,相继被列为全国科普教育基地等12个基地,被授予青海省“三八红旗集体”、自然资源部青年文明号等荣誉称号,为传播习近平生态文明思想、宣传大美青海、科普自然资源知识做出积极贡献。