Museums that remember the great catastrophe
The People's Republic of China has turned Beichuan county, where the 8-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province on 12 May 2008 caused the most severe damage and half of the population was lost, into an open-air museum where earthquake victims can mourn and scientific research on the earthquake will be conducted. Another indoor museum, named after Wenchuan county, the epicentre of the earthquake, describes rescue work and post-earthquake activities.
