Hubei Provincial Museum

Hubei Provincial Museum
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EstablishedMarch 16, 1953 (1953-03-16)
LocationWuchang, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Coordinates30°33′50″N 114°21′32″E / 30.56389°N 114.35889°E / 30.56389; 114.35889
TypeHistory museum
Websitewww.hbww.org.cn

The Hubei Provincial Museum (Chinese: 湖北省博物馆; pinyin: Húběi shěng bówùguǎn) is one of the best known museums in China, with a large amount of state-level historic and cultural relics.[1] Established in 1953, the museum moved to its present location in 1960 and gained its present name in 1963. Since 1999 a number of new buildings have been added. The museum received 1,992,512 visitors in 2017.[2]

The museum is located in the Wuchang District of Wuhan, Hubei Province, not far from the west shore of Wuhan's East Lake. It has a collection of over 200,000 objects, including the Sword of Goujian, an ancient set of bronze bells (Bianzhong) and extensive artifacts from the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng and the tombs at Baoshan. The particular importance of several of the archaeological items in the museum's collection has been recognized by the national government by including them into the list of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad.

  1. ^ "Hubei Museum". 2005-01-25. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  2. ^ "湖北省博物馆2017年社教工作结硕果" (in Chinese). Hubei Provincial Museum. 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

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