The Hunan Museum () is the provincial
museum
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of
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...
,
China. It was built in 1951 and opened to the public in July 1956. It is located in the provincial capital
Changsha
Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a popul ...
at No. 50, Dongfeng Lu next to the Revolutionary Martyr's Park.
It spans a total area of about , with a constructed area of .
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
Xin Zhui (; –168 or 169 BC), also known as Lady Dai, or Marquise of Dai, was a Chinese noblewoman, and wife to Li Cang (), the Marquis of Dai, and Chancellor of the Changsha Kingdom, during the Western Han dynasty of ancient China. Her tomb, ...
, in
Mawangdui.
The museum was closed on 18 June 2012 for renovation and expansion works and reopened on 29 November 2017.
History
The Hunan Museum was first built in 1951 and opened to the public in July 1956.
On June 18, 2012, the museum closed its doors to the public due to reconstruction.
China Central Academy of Fine Arts
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, assisted by
Japanese
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architect
Arata Isozaki
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, designed the present building. The construction began in 2012 and the museum was completed in 2017. The museum was reopened to the general public on November 29, 2017. The new building covers approximately , with a building area of .
Gallery
See also
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List of museums in China
References
External links
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Hunan Museumwithin
Google Arts & Culture
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Hunan Museum
Museums in Hunan
Museums established in 1956
1956 establishments in China
Buildings and structures in Changsha
Tourist attractions in Changsha
National first-grade museums of China
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