Politics · South Korea · 22 hrs ago
Hwaseong plans dinosaur science center for 2029 opening
Hwaseong city in South Korea plans to build a science center about dinosaurs at its dinosaur egg fossil site in Songsan-myeon.
The center is planned to open in the first half of 2029 and will include exhibits, learning spaces for children and research facilities.
Its exhibits will feature dinosaur egg fossils, a horned dinosaur fossil found in Hwaseong and fossils from a Korea-Mongolia exploration project.
Dinosaur egg fossils were first found near Lake Sihwa in 1999, and the surrounding area was designated a natural monument the following year.
A new horned dinosaur species, named Koreaceratops hwaseongensis, was unearthed in 2008.
The city says the center will help visitors learn about local natural heritage and support the preservation and study of fossils still buried in the protected area.
Hwaseong plans to complete the center’s detailed design by January and begin construction in March.
Hwaseong plans to build a dinosaur science center at its dinosaur egg fossil site, aiming to open it in the first half of 2029.
The center will include exhibition, education and research spaces on a 42,000-square-metre site.
Its exhibitions will feature dinosaur eggs, a horned dinosaur fossil found in Hwaseong and fossils from Korea-Mongolia expeditions.
The city says the center will also support research and conservation of natural heritage buried in the protected area.
- Who
- Hwaseong City.
- What
- It plans to build a dinosaur-themed exhibition, education and research center.
- When
- The city aims to open it in the first half of 2029.
- Where
- At the dinosaur egg fossil site in Songsan-myeon, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
- Why
- To explain the value of local natural heritage and provide a base for conserving and researching fossils in the protected area.
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The center is being pursued to inform citizens of the value of local natural heritage, including dinosaur egg and horned dinosaur fossils.
The center will also serve as a base for conserving and researching more natural heritage that may still be buried within the 4.83-million-pyeong dinosaur egg natural monument area.
Dinosaur egg fossils were first found near Lake Sihwa in Hwaseong.
The 4.83-million-pyeong area around the excavation site was designated a natural monument.
A new species of horned dinosaur fossil was excavated near the breakwater at Jeongok Port.
The Hwaseong horned dinosaur fossil was designated a natural monument.
The city plans to complete detailed design by January and begin construction in March.
Hwaseong aims to open the dinosaur science center.
- Site area
- 42,000 square metres
- Building size
- Two floors; 6,848 square metres of floor area
- Planned opening
- First half of 2029
- Exhibition halls
- Three
- Expedition fossils
- 694 specimens excavated by the Korea-Mongolia project
- Horned dinosaur
- Koreaceratops hwaseongensis
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