lies in the crossing point between road Yingzhe and road Jinci of city Taiyuan. The China Coal Museum was built in Sep. 30, 1989. The China Coal Museum is divided into eastern and western yards. The China Coal Museum covers an area over 11 acres, and the building areasover 90000 square meters. The China Coal Museum includes the Exhibition Hall, China Coal Science and Cultural Exchange Center, Lecture Hall,Building and Modern Science and Technology Institute. The China Coal Museum is a national coal industry museum; antiques, specimen, documents, material saving center for national coal industry; science & education organization, science & research organization, education publicizing organization of.

　　The Coal Museum of China includes “seven exhibition halls and one mine”. There are the Coal Formation Hall, Coal and Human Hall, Coal Exploring Technology Hall, Modern China Coal Industry Hall, Coal Art Hall, Coal Documents Hall, Communication on Coal Industry at home and abroad Hall as well as a simulated mine. The Coal Museum of Chinaas a multi-functional museum for protecting coal relics and promoting coal cultures as well as attracting tourists. The Coal Museum is the only Coal museum in China and listed as the most favorable tourist attractions in Shanxi Province.

　　“A Tour to the Coal Sea” is a science exhibition for the coal exploring development and technology. In the exhibition hall, tourists can easily learn the development of. The simulated mine and 4D cinema are the most useful teaching instrument. With the stereoscopic scenes and special dynamic effects, tourists came back to the ancient forests. Tourists can easily learn how the coal resources came into being. Additionally, the large-scale simulated mine is the only and the largest underground simulated mines in China and throughout the world. The facilities are real. It will educate tourists the development history of. Moreover, tourists can experience digging coal from the simulated mine