The Tropical Rainforest Ethnic Culture Museum is established in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with an area of 2,000 m².
The Tropical Rainforest Ethnic Culture Museum is designed in the architecturae style of the Dai people, and consists of Tropical Rainforest Exhibition Hall, Ethnic Forest Culture Exhibition Hall and Tropical Rainforest Ethnic Culture Research Center. Thus it is a professional museum with the combined functions of public education, scientific research and cultural relic protection.
By Xie Fang