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Liaoning Provincial Museum

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Established
  
1949

Website
  
www.lnmuseum.com.cn

Province
  
Liaoning

Type
  
History and Art museum

Phone
  
+86 24 2274 1193

Founded
  
1949

Location
  
363 Shifu Rd, Shenghe District, Shenyang 辽宁省沈阳市沈河区市府大路363号 (Main entrance on Huigong St)

Address
  
China, Liaoning Sheng, Shenyang Shi, Hunnan Qu, 浑南区智慧三街157号

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–4:30PMFriday9AM–4:30PMSaturday9AM–4:30PMSunday9AM–4:30PMMondayClosedTuesday9AM–4:30PMWednesday9AM–4:30PMThursday9AM–4:30PM

Similar
  
Shanghai Museum, Collections of the Palace M, Nanjing Museum, Tianjin Museum, Zhejiang Provincial Museum

The Liaoning Provincial Museum (Chinese:  遼寧省博物館,  辽宁省博物馆, Liáoníngshěng Bówùguǎn) is a prominent museum of history and fine arts located in Shenyang, the capital of China's Liaoning province.

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History

The institution was founded as the Northeast Museum by the Northeast People's Government and opened on July 7, 1949. It was renamed the "Liaoning Provincial Museum" in 1959. In July 2003, it moved to a new, specially-designed building on the east side of Government Square (市府广场) in Shenyang.

Collections

The permanent collections include:

  • the Dawn of Chinese Culture Gallery: archaeological exhibits related to the Hongshan and Xinle cultures
  • the Northern Shang and Zhou Period Gallery: bronze tools and weapons
  • the Bei Shan Tang Tablet Gallery: Chinese steles
  • the Ancient Chinese Currency and Coins Gallery
  • the Art Work Exhibition of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Gallery, including Prosperous Suzhou
  • the Chinese Post-Unification Gallery: tomb relics
  • Visit

    The museum is open from 9 AM to 5 PM, except on Mondays. The museum is closed to the public on Mondays and during the public holiday for Chinese New Year. Entry is free.

    References

    Liaoning Provincial Museum Wikipedia


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