Chengdu Museum
The Chengdu Museum (Chengdu Chinese Shadow Puppetry Museum) is a public welfare institution of the first category under the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism. It was founded on September 15, 1958, and has gone through several development stages, including the Preparatory Committee of the Chengdu Local Chronicles Museum, the Chengdu Cultural Relics Administration Office, the Chengdu Museum, and the Chengdu Museum and Cultural Heritage Research Institute. At the end of 2015, the new Chengdu Museum was established with the approval of the Organization Establishment Office of the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee and officially opened to the public on September 15, 2016.
Located on the west side of Tianfu Square in the city center, the main building of the Chengdu Museum is divided into a South Building and a North Building. The above - ground part of the South Building mainly serves as office and research areas, and the underground part is an academic lecture hall (multi - function hall). The North Building is mainly an exhibition area. The first floor houses the lobby, screening room, and special exhibition hall. The underground first floor features an exhibition on the relationship between humans and nature. Floors two to three above ground display the ancient part of the "The Glorious Chengdu: Exhibition of Chengdu's Historical and Cultural Heritage" exhibition. The fourth floor showcases the modern and folk culture parts. The fifth floor houses the exhibition of Chinese shadow puppetry and puppetry. The total exhibition area is nearly 20,000 square meters.
The Chengdu Museum has a total collection of nearly 200,000 items, forming a relatively complete collection sequence from the Neolithic Age to the Republic of China period. The collection types cover bronzes, gold and silver wares, brick carvings, stone carvings, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings, furniture, shadow puppets, puppets, Taoist altar paintings, masks, wood carvings, etc., and have reached a certain scale and system in terms of quantity and quality.
Since its opening, the Chengdu Museum has successively held a series of temporary and special exhibitions, such as "The Nostalgia in Turbulence - Zhang Daqian", "The Emperor of a Prosperous Era - Special Exhibition of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty", "The Soul of the Silk Road - Grand Exhibition of Dunhuang Art and Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics along the Silk Road in the Land of Abundance", "The Imperial Summer Palace - Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics from the Peterhof State Museum of Russia", "Exhibition of French Modern and Contemporary Painting Art and Photography Exhibition of 'Portrait Transformation'", "Echoes of Civilization - Ancient Treasures from Afghanistan", "The Road between Qin and Shu - Special Exhibition of Bronze Civilization", which have been widely praised by the audience.
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