Musée Hoangho Paiho
The Musée Hoangho Paiho () (pinyin: Huang He Bai He Bowuguan) was a museum of natural history and fossils founded by the French Jesuit Émile Licent (1876–1952) in Tianjin, China, in 1914. Also known as the Beijiang Museum, it is now part of the Tianjin Natural History Museum. About the Museum. The Musée Hoangho Paiho was established by the French Jesuit and natural historian Émile Licent in Tianjin, China, in 1914. The name translates as "Museum of the Yellow River and the White River". It was one of the first museums created in China. It was also known  as the () "Museum of Northern Borderlands"). In 1952, the Museum was renamed as the Tianjin Natural History Museum. The Museum is located at 117-119 Machang Avenue, Hexi District, Tianjin, originally in the Institut des Hautes Études et Commerciales () (now part of Tianjin Foreign Language University). It covers an area of 2000 square meters, consisting of two parts: the Museum and the laboratory. The museum part (the northern part) was designed and constructed by the Credit Foncier D’Extreme Orient in 1922. The laboratory part (the southern part) was constructed by French Yonghe Company between 1925 and 1929. The two parts  are connected by an enclosed overpass. The building is three-storied (part of it is two-storied). The Museum was well used by artists in Tianjin, including Liu Kuiliang (1885-1967). Publications of the Museum. The series "Publications du Musée Hoang Ho Pai Ho" was published between 1916-1936, and printed at the Imprimerie de la mission catholique at Sienhsien: