Gansu Provincial Museum — Attraction in Lanzhou

I was allowed free entry to this excellent museum after showing my passport at the museum ticket office.

The museum catalogues the history of Gansu from the age of the dinosaurs to the modern day including well preserved artefacts over 8000 years of continual human settlement.

The Silk Road is emphasized, as per local political expectations, but the collection of ceramics, pottery and bronze pieces is at least as impressive. Many of these pieces date back to as early as 4000BC.

As a Westerner I also found the political story of the revolution interesting because the faces and artefacts helped humanize this transformational period of...

The provincial level museum that has many national treasury. The very iconic one is the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow which was once the logo of China national tourist bureau. For most people completing the full tour will take three hours at least but definitely worth that time. Relics and antiques prove the history of Chinese culture back to 8000 years ago. Egypt is just the little brother compared to China history. The only thing inconvenient for foreigners is you must reserve a ticket online in advance. Try to the ticket box and get a paper ticket by showing passport if you are unable to make the...

Lovely museum with lots of amazing artefacts. Loved seeing the horse-stepping-on-a-swallow bronze statue, but a bit of a shame that it was a replica and not the real thing - as with many of the treasures. Still worth your time it you’re in Lanzhou. The history is beautiful and...