Construction workers on Tuesday completed the multi-year project of building the Chengdu Natural History Museum, touted as the largest geoscience museum in Southwest China. Photo: Courtesy of GA China

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects designed the museum with the China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute. Photo: Courtesy of GA China

Located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, the museum consists of six units, covering an area of more than 50,000 square meters. The shapes of the units echo the surrounding mountainous landscape of the province. Photo: IC Photo

The museum has five floors, including one underground, containing six exhibition halls, as well as a 4D movie theater. Photo: IC Photo

A worker cleans a dinosaur mural in an exhibition hall on March 16. The museum will display the remains of the extinct ancient reptiles, including a 24-meter-long Mamenchisaurus fossil. Photo: Wang Huan/Hongxing News, VCG

In addition to displaying fossils uncovered in the Sichuan Basin, the museum also exhibits dinosaur fossils found in other places, including one of a Tyrannosaurus rex. Photo: Tao Ke/Hongxing News, VCG

Prairie animal specimens are on display at the museum. Photo: Courtesy of the Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning of Jianyang

Types of geological minerals are on display on the museum’s first floor. Photo: IC Photo

The museum will feature an interactive periodic table of the elements. Photo: Courtesy of Chengdu City Construction Investment & Management Group

Corridors and glass walkways connect the museum’s six units. The walkways’ design pays homage to the walkways along the Shu Road, the pass linking Sichuan with Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. Photo: Courtesy of GA China

The museum stands against Chengdu’s skyline at night. Photo: Courtesy of GA China