Shaanxi History Museum
Shaanxi History Museum stands in the south of Xian city
and covers an area of about 70, 000 square meters. Built
in traditional Tang architectural style, the museum is
a much modernized national history museum in China.
The museum treasures more than 370,000 cultural relics,
all of which are unearthed in Shaanxi province, including
relics made of stone, bone, bronze, terra-cotta, china,
jade, gold, silver and also murals, seals, calligraphy
and paintings, etc. These relics can be traced back from
over 1 million years ago to the end of the Qing Dynasty
(1644-1911) and they reflect the history and people life
in many aspects from culture, art to science etc. Most
of the relics are rare old treasures in the world.
There are three exhibition halls in the museum, display
about 3,000 treasures in chronological order. |
Admission Fee:
 35.00
Opening Hours: everyday from 8:30
am to 6:00 pm (from March 1 to November 14)
everyday from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm (from November 15 to
February 29)
Public Transportation:
many buses have stops at museum,
but the stop is also called: Cui Hua Lu. Bus No. 5, No.
19, No. 24, No. 30, No. 401, No. 610 etc. Alternatively
you can take buses to the northern square of the Big Wild
Goose Pagoda and then walk western wards for less than
10 minutes and you will see the museum on the northwest
side of a cross. |
Tips:
In the museum taking pictures is not prohibited but using
flashlights is.
Bags are not allowed to take into the Museum, but free-check
service is available at the entrance.
The official website of Shaanxi History Museum: http://www.sxhm.com/e_ysldefault.asp |
The downloadable .gif file for the name of the museum
and the bus-stop written in Chinese characters and pinyin:
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