The museum of Alxa Desert Global Geopark was a concrete structure with the gross area of 2,203m2. The roof was in multilayer pyramid shape. Its main body has only one floor with five divisions, including the Preface Hall, Exhibition Hall, Resource Hall, Space Station and Lecture Hall.
The Preface Hallhas a reliefin the center of the front wall; it isthe Tourist Map of Alxa Desert Global Geopark of Chin, with inscriptions of "Alxa Desert Global Geopark Museum" in Chinese, Mongolian and English at the bottom. There are morereliefs on walls aside of the hall features unique landscapes and scenic sights in the geopark, such as desert, camel groups, sand ripples, Populus euphratica and canyon landform. In the middle of the floor, there is the satellite remote-sensing map of Alxa Desert Global Geopark mounted with glass. A touch screen inquiry system is placed at 2 sides of the walls for visitor’s convenience.
The Exhibition Hall is the core of the museum, it includes several thematic parts: Miracle Desert, Diverse Geoheritage, Desert Culture, the Impact of Desert on Human Beings, and Interactive Games. The Miracle Desert introduces the basic knowledge of geoscience, interesting topics include ‘what is desert’ and the formation of sand ripple etc., nice pictures, simple languages are displayed together with rolling light boxes and specimens, andvisionary imaging technique has been used to simulate desert mirage. Moreover, wearing the special headset, visitors can hear the sound of singing sand. Diverse Geoheritage shows everyone the formation of Haisenchulu Wind-erosion Landform, Aolunbulage Canyon and Hongdunzi Canyon Landform. The Impact of Desert on Human focuses on the influence of desert on surrounding environment. People’s awareness on protecting nature environment and treasure resources will be greatly enhanced with a better understanding of such interrelationship, . Interactive Games are the most enjoyable part that the visitors can try to do sand paintings.
The Resource Hall is divided into several thematic parts, such as Mineral Resources, Desert’s Marvelous Stones, Desert Family, Life in the Desert, Silicified Wood and Dinosaur Fossils. The hall perfectly reveals the abundant mineral resources, rich cultural and long history, and various paleontological resources of Alxa.
The Space Station Hallshows the valuable pictures and data of Dongfeng Space Station and spaceman Liwei Yang.
The Lecture Hall is a multimedia room showing the landscapes of desert global geopark and popularizes geoscience knowledge by videos and pictures.