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Unit 731 Museum and Former Headquarters 侵华日军第七三一部队罪证陈列馆Qīnhuá Rìjūn Dìqīsānyī Bùduì Zuìzhèng Chénlièguǎn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Harbin, Heilongjiang
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Harbin
- Region
- Heilongjiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Unit 731 Museum and Former Headquarters
The site of Unit 731, an Imperial Japanese Army unit that developed biological weapons and carried out human experiments, whose base here dates from 1936 and whose buildings were mostly blown up in August 1945. The museum complex has a large exhibition building opened in 2015, with documents, photographs and objects, and the preserved former headquarters grounds a few hundred metres away. Since 2012 the site has been on China's national tentative list for World Heritage nominations.
How to get to Unit 731 Museum and Former Headquarters
About 17 km south of central Harbin in Pingfang district, reached by Metro Line 1 to Xinjiang Street station and a walk of 300–600 m; visits need real-name booking in advance and the museum is normally closed on Mondays except public holidays, so check current rules.
Nearby
- Central Street & St Sophia Cathedral 中央大街与圣索菲亚教堂 20 km
A cobbled pedestrian street of Russian-era façades and a green-domed Orthodox cathedral - Harbin Ice & Snow World 哈尔滨冰雪大世界 20 km
Full-size castles of river ice, glowing with colour through Harbin's deep-freeze winter
Also within 20 km: Harbin Beer Museum 哈尔滨啤酒博物馆 (under 10 km), Feihe Harbin Smart Industrial Park 飞鹤（哈尔滨）智能产业园 (10 km), Dragon Tower 龙塔 (20 km), Heilongjiang Provincial Museum (Former Moscow Market) 黑龙江省博物馆 (20 km), Yiyuan Street No. 1 Mansion (Revolutionary Leaders Memorial Hall) 颐园街一号欧式建筑 (20 km), Northeast Martyrs' Memorial Hall 东北烈士纪念馆 (20 km).
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