Hunan Museum
Provincial museum in Hunan, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Henan Museum.
The Hunan Museum (Chinese: 湖南省博物馆) is the provincial museum of Hunan, China. It was built in 1951 and opened to the public in July 1956. It is located in the provincial capital Changsha at No. 50, Dongfeng Lu next to the Revolutionary Martyr's Park.
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湖南省博物馆 | |||||||
Established | 1951 (1951) | ||||||
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Location | Kaifu District, Changsha, Hunan, China | ||||||
Coordinates | 28°12′55.08″N 112°59′10.08″E | ||||||
Type | Provincial museum | ||||||
Key holdings | Cultural relics from Mawangdui | ||||||
Collections | 180,000 | ||||||
President | Chen Jianmin (陈建民) | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 湖南省博物館 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 湖南省博物馆 | ||||||
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It spans a total area of about 50,000 square metres (12 acres), with a constructed area of 20,000 square metres (4.9 acres).
The museum has a collection of more than 180,000 objects, including items found in the tombs of the Marquis of Dai and his wife, Xin Zhui, in Mawangdui.[1]
The museum was closed on 18 June 2012 for renovation and expansion works and reopened on 29 November 2017.