1. Community Activity from IGU-CODATA-GSC on GEOMUSEUM
Prof. LIU Chuang, Ph.D.
Director of Executive committee of LIN Chao Geomuseum
Professor of Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
GEO XIII, 7 November 2016, St. Petersburg

2. 1.Background
The LETTER OF INTEREST on establishing the digital LIN CHAO GEOMUSEM was signed by Presidents of IGU, CODATA and Geographical Society of China, on Oct. 30, 2011 in Beijing, China

3. Background
The GEOMUSEUM named LIN Chao, a giant geographer, who led China into IGU in 1949, by IGU-CODATA-GSC.
The GEOMUSEUM focuses on the GEO knowledge dissemination by historical collections and records, specifically the world wide post stamps.

4. More than 200 world wide contributors donated their personal/family items to the collection.

5. Why need a GEOMUSEUM?
IGY ( ): The first and the most ambitious international program in the human history on its environment.
Artificial Satellites, WDC, Antarctic Treaty, …
GEO following ….

6. GEO is a multiple dimension event, it is not only earth observation, not only earth science and technology, not only decision making, not only business, but GEO CULTURE. GEO CULTURE is not only for our generation, but our children, we should leave GEO CULTURE heritages to our children – GEOMUSEUM.

7. What activities held during the last five years?
(1) Collecting MUSEUM items on history of IGU, IPY, Satellites, geobio-diversity, regional geography, scientists, international cooperation programs, …, thousands of items had been archived, which cover more than 100 years (1889), more than 100 counties in all of the continents.
1924,UK
1932, Russia
1910, Tibet, China
1898,Norway
1893,China
1925, Egypt

8. What activities held during the last five years?
(2) Annual meetings:
Initiative launching: 2011, RADI/CAS, Beijing
An open knowledge environment, 2012, IGSNRR/CAS, Beijing
An Inclusive platform, 2013, Peking University, Beijing
30 Anniversary of China Antarctic Program, 2014, IGSNRR/CAS, Beijing
IYGU China Action, 2015, Tibet, China
We do not sell our future for the short term profit, 2016, Guangdong, China
(3) 33th IGU congress presentation: IGU on Stamps

9. The highest post office of the world

10. Exhibition in Tibet

11. The first water of Rongbu Lake（Feb. 2016）

12. Glacial Lake Change ( Rongbu Lake)
1992：3,051m2
2000：124,576m2
2008：509,381m2
2014：580,239m2

13. Action Plan for the next five years 1
Action Plan for the next five years 1. Establish a physical and online GEOMUSEUM and its network 2. Global dissemination of GEOMUSEUM culture, particular in GEO community 3. Annual meeting and publications