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The Ningxia Museum () is a
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Jinfeng District Jinfeng District () is one of three urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Northwest China. It has a total area of , and, according to the 2010 China Census, a population of 282, ...
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Yinchuan Yinchuan (, ; ) is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty. It has an area of and a total population of 2,859,074 according to the 2020 Chinese census, and its built- ...
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Ningxia Ningxia (,; , ; alternately romanized as Ninghsia), officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in ...
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History

The original museum building was prepared in 1959 and built in 1973. Construction of a new museum building started in November 2006. The museum was re-opened on 28 August 2008 and the old site was closed.


Architecture

The museum building is a three-story building with a total floor area of 30,258 m2. It consists of eight exhibition halls. The building was constructed resembling the Hui () character.


Exhibitions

The museum displays more than 10,000 cultural relics.


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 ...


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* Museums in Ningxia 1973 establishments in China Museums established in 1973 National first-grade museums of China Yinchuan {{China-museum-stub