A NEW museum that is partly underwater and will house artifacts of Shanghai`s earliest residents will be complete by June next year. The complex will be built on the Guangfulin archeological site in Songjiang District, where Shanghai`s earliest residents lived in the Neolithic period (8,000-2,000 BC).
Visitors will be able to see the archeological site for the first time since it was discovered in 1958. Museum halls will be immersed in an artificial lake, with only their roofs emerging above the waterline. More than 2,000 square meters of solar panels will help provide electricity. Inside, the halls will be dry and visitors can walk around.
The site was first discovered in 1958 by local farmers working on irrigation projects.
Visitors will be able to see the archeological site for the first time since it was discovered in 1958. Museum halls will be immersed in an artificial lake, with only their roofs emerging above the waterline. More than 2,000 square meters of solar panels will help provide electricity. Inside, the halls will be dry and visitors can walk around.
The site was first discovered in 1958 by local farmers working on irrigation projects.