Shandong Provincial Museum

Shandong Provincial Museum covers the natural and historical relics of the whole province. In the natural collections, there are over 200 species of specimens inclucing fossils of trilobite, the Taishan swallow, the dinosaur, etc. Egg shell black pottery is the masterpiece among them. the black pottery is as thin as egg shell, but it is especially shining and exquisite.
The historical relics from the Dawenkou and Longshan Cultures including bamboo writing slips, seals, stone sculptures and paintings from the Han Dynasty, various bronze wares from Warring States (475-221 B.C.), Zhou (1100-771 B.C.) and Han Dynasties (206 B.C.-220 A.D.), altogether 140,000 pieces, are exhibited here.