On the morning of December 28th, the "Shell Story - Rare Marine Shellfish Exhibition" organized by Guizhou Geological Museum and Tianjin Natural History Museum was launched in Hall 5 of Guizhou Geological Museum. The theme of this exhibition is marine shellfish organisms, and it is also the second temporary exhibition launched since the opening of the Guizhou Geological Museum.
The "Shell Story - Rare Marine Shellfish Exhibition" exhibits a total of 423 pieces. Including chinese Aurora hornstones, owl shellfish and other ancient marine shellfish fossil specimens in guizhou, one of the "eight treasures" of seafood, oysters known as "milk of the sea", nautilus known as "living fossils", etc., the exhibition variety is rich and colorful.
"Our exhibition this time mainly takes the rare marine sea shellfish specimens as exhibits, from the six parts of "the origin of shell characters, shellfish fossils, sea shell families, shellfish and people, shell collection and collection, shell carving and red culture", showing the important position of shells in the history of human development and the history of life evolution. Wang Shiyun, a docent at the Guizhou Geological Museum, told reporters.
"The exhibition lasted 58 days from design, construction to set-up. This temporary exhibition complements the permanent exhibition of the Geological Museum, and I hope that our visitors can also get close to the shells without going to the seashore. Zhu Heshu, director of the exhibition department of the Guizhou Provincial Museum, told reporters.
Ms. Chen, who came to see the exhibition with two children, told reporters: "I brushed this exhibition on Douyin, my dolls like to watch SpongeBob SquarePants, I will take them to see SpongeBob's "good friends". They were very happy to see it today, and hoped to have more exhibitions suitable for bringing children. ”
In order to give the public an immersive exhibition experience, this exhibition uses a large number of modern exhibition means such as sound, light, electricity, multimedia, and scenes in the design, construction and installation of the exhibition. "We arranged two marine beach scenes in the exhibition hall, including shell models, coconut trees, beaches, etc., and also selected certain multimedia imaging equipment, such as water pattern lights, to supplement the visual effects, hoping to bring immersive experience to the audience." Zhu Heshu introduced.
In addition, the exhibition also combines the characteristics of Guizhou's natural resources and curatorial concepts, digs deep into the organic integration of red culture and shellfish organisms, skillfully integrates "Guizhou ancient marine shellfish fossils, natural resources such as living rare animals and plants, shell carvings and red culture" into the original exhibition content, and integrates red stories such as "climbing snowy mountains and crossing meadows" into the exhibition, spreading red culture and carrying forward the spirit of the Long March while popularizing natural knowledge.
(Guiyang Daily Rong Media Reporter Tian Ye)