On September 17, 2006, at the Second World Geopark Conference, Fangshan World Geopark in China was officially approved and awarded by UNESCO, becoming the only world geopark in a capital city. The park covers a total area of 953.95 square kilometers, spanning Fangshan District, Beijing, Laishui County, and Laiyuan County, Baoding City, Hebei Province. The park is divided into eight parks according to resource types and historical culture, showing the historical picture of the evolution of the earth in North China for billions of years, and recording the turmoil and changes in various geological eras. The museum is the landmark building and core display area of the geopark, located in Changgou Town, Fangshan District. The foundation stone was laid on March 29, 2009, and the trial operation was carried out on May 15, 2010. The reception capacity and experience effect have had a wide impact on the society and have been well received by all sectors of society. On July 12, 2010, it received unanimous praise from the experts of the jury in the mid-term evaluation of UNESCO. French expert Martini praised the museum as a brand-new, outstanding and unparalleled museum, representing the future and development of China World Geopark; Malaysian expert Kumo commented: This is the art masterpiece of the World Geopark Museum and the best place for popular science education; Chinese expert Zhao Xun wrote the inscription: the Palace of Science and the Enlightenment Base. The museum covers an area of 6.11 hectares, with a total investment of 180 million yuan and a construction area of 10,000 square meters. The architectural design concept is "shocking", which fully reflects the characteristics of "respecting natural mechanisms, making use of native terrain, naturally stretching shapes, and consistent internal and external spaces", and is unique and typical. The museum exhibition is based on "heaven, earth, man, and harmony" as the soul, with the geological changes, biological evolution, and human evolution of the park as the main line, supported by geological knowledge, and with popular science, storytelling, and popular language as the link. Using various modern scientific and technological means, the park's geological relics and cultural landscapes are displayed in all directions and from multiple angles, allowing visitors to feel the power of nature and the creation function of the earth, so as to achieve the purpose of enlightening thoughts, spreading knowledge, cultivating interests, and stimulating exploration. The museum has indoor exhibitions and outdoor science plazas. The indoor exhibition area is 5,800 square meters, with six exhibition halls, including the opening hall, the geological history and evolution hall, the eight park exhibition halls, the domestic and foreign world geological park exhibition halls, the physical specimen hall, and the prospect hall; the outdoor science plaza displays large specimens and some statues of geoscientific celebrities. Since it was officially opened to the public for free on April 3, 2011, the museum has conscientiously implemented the work requirements and work arrangements put forward by the leaders of the Fangshan District Tourism Committee and the Land Management Office, namely "standardization of target management, refinement of daily management, standardization of comprehensive management, diversification of policies, and overall efficiency of operation", and has always adhered to the "three closeness" principle and the purpose of "always paying attention to the needs of the audience" to serve the public. Since its opening, the museum has fully played the role of popular science education, leisure tourism, scientific research education, publicity and display, and information exchange. Its reception capacity and experience effect have been well received by leaders at all levels and all sectors of society. In 2012, it was awarded the title of "National 3A-level Tourist Attraction", the Science Education Base of the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Science Education Base of Beijing, the Patriotism Education Base of Beijing, and the Youth Extracurricular Activity Base of Beijing. It actively played the role of youth league members and established the "China Fangshan World Geopark Museum Youth Forum", which was rated as a municipal youth forum. It was also awarded the title of "Youth Civilization Unit" in Fangshan District, "Women Civilization Post" in Fangshan District, "Fangshan District Primary and Secondary School Students' Social Classroom Resource Unit", and "Changgou Middle School Student Social Practice Activity Education Base". While doing a good job in daily exhibition visits, the museum successfully held the 2010, 2011, 2012 Spring Beijing International Long Walk Conference and the 17th and 18th Fangshan Tourism and Culture Festival, the 2011 Nobel Prize Winner Beijing Forum - "Innovation and Development" Theme Exhibition, China World Geopark Photo Exhibition, Tourism Souvenir Competition, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Travel Agency Promotion Conference, "Earth Day", "5.18 Museum Day, China Tourism Day, Cultural Heritage Day" and other large-scale science theme day publicity activities. At the same time, many theme activities were held in Fangshan District, including social classes for primary and secondary schools, science knowledge competitions, tour guide speech competitions, weekend lectures, science popularization in communities and schools, etc., so that the museum's role as a base for science popularization education and enlightenment hall was fully played, providing a good learning and activity venue for all sectors of society, and becoming a beautiful business card to promote Fangshan.