The Liaoning Provincial Museum (

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. , simp. , ''Liáoníngshěng Bówùguǎn'') is a prominent museum of history and fine arts located in

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History

The institution was founded as the Northeast Museum by the Northeast People's Government and opened on July 7, 1949. It was renamed the "Liaoning Provincial Museum" in 1959. In July 2003, it moved to a new, specially-designed building on the east side of Government Square () in

Collections

The permanent collections include: * the Dawn of Chinese Culture Gallery: archaeological exhibits related to the Hongshan and

Xinle culture The Xinle culture (新樂文化) ( 5500– 4800 BC''Archaeology of Asia'', pp.129) was a Neolithic culture in northeast China, found primarily around the lower Liao River on the Liaodong Peninsula in Liaoning. The culture showed evidence of millet c ...

s * the Northern Shang and Zhou Period Gallery: bronze tools and weapons * the Bei Shan Tang Tablet Gallery:

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s * the Ancient Chinese Currency and Coins Gallery * the Art Work Exhibition of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Gallery, including ''

Prosperous Suzhou ''Prosperous Suzhou'' (), originally entitled ''Burgeoning Life in a Resplendent Age'' (), is an 18th-century scroll painting (handscroll) created in 1759 by the Chinese court painter Xu Yang. Depicting the bustling urban life of Suzhou, it comb ...

'' * the Chinese Post-Unification Gallery: tomb relics

Visit

The museum is open from 9 to 5 , except on Mondays. The museum is closed to the public on Mondays and during the

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. Entry is free.

References

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