Editor's Note:
The Jianchuan 512 Wenchuan Earthquake Museum opened on June 12, 2008, one month after the earthquake hit. The museum is part of the privately-owned Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Dayi, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, founded by entrepreneur Fan Jianchuan. The museum has collected over 100,000 items related to the earthquake, such as media reports, diaries, and the remains of the victims. Due to traffic, the museum set a limit of 2,000 visitors per day. (Photos: Li Hao/GT)
A replica of an earthquake-wrecked room, with a television showing footage of the earthquake, is on display in the museum. Photo: Li Hao/GT 
Photos and news reports of the earthquake are posted on the walls. Photo: Li Hao/GT 
A handwritten sign that reads “Rest in peace, my family” hangs on a wall. Photo: Li Hao/GT 
The motorcycle on display belonged to the villager Wu Jiafang, who strapped his dead wife to his back and rode back to their village. Photo: Li Hao/GT 
The signed Coca-Cola can belonged to Xue Xiang, who, while being carried out of the rubble on a stretcher, told his rescuers “I want to drink ice Coke.” Photo: Li Hao/GT 
A visitor looks at photos of the disaster on display. Photo: Li Hao/GT 
Visitors walk past a replicated post-earthquake scene. Photo: Li Hao/GT 
Middle school students from Meishan, a city 100 kilometers away, visit the museum. Photo: Li Hao/GT 
A sculpture in the shape of a praying woman is on display. Photo: Li Hao/GT 
A student looks at schoolbags that belonged to earthquake victims. Photo: Li Hao/GT 
A student looks at a wall bearing victims’ names. Photo: Li Hao/GT
