The Lushun Museum in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, has become China's largest garden-like museum following the completion of a renovation project.

The new museum has been expanded from 25,000 square meters to 150,000 square meters, with the incorporation of the former Lushun Botanical Garden and the Lushun Zoo.

The museum was first built in 1917 in Lushun, south of Dalian, a well-known port and scenic city.

(Xinhua 06/04/2001)