The Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History () is a museum established in 1959 in
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, sou ...
, capital of China's
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...
Province, located on the site of former Guangdong Advisory Bureau in the
Second Guangzhou Uprising
The Second Guangzhou (Canton) Uprising, known in Chinese as the Yellow Flower Mound Uprising or the Guangzhou Xinhai Uprising, was a failed uprising took place in China led by Huang Xing and his fellow revolutionaries against the Qing dynasty i ...
Martyrs Cemetery.
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Newsgd.com
" ''Guangzhou modern history museum.'' Retrieved on 2010-01-27.
History
The foundation was first announced in 1959. In the first year the area was . The museum covers topics from the time of the
First and
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Sino War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted the British Empire#Britain's imperial ...
s to the People's Republic era.
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HPMA.cn
." ''广东革命历史博物馆.'' Retrieved on 2010-01-27. The museum has 17,117 items on display, 20,000 historical photos and 20 top-grade items.
See also
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List of museums in China
, there are 3,589 museums in China, including 3,054 state-owned museums (museums run by national and local government or universities) and 535 private museums. With a total collection of over 20 million items, these museums hold more than 8,000 e ...
References
External links
Official siteInterior room tour
History museums in China
Museums in Guangzhou
1959 establishments in China
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