Shaanxi History Museum — Attraction in Xi'an

Shaanxi History Museum is located in the northwest of the Xi’an Wild Goose Pagoda. It was built in 1983 and was open on June 20, 1991. Shaanxi History Museum is China’s first large-scale modern national museum; it marks that China’s museum career has entered into a new development mileage. The Museum has the style of Tang dynasty buildings of “central palace hall with four worship houses around” with orderly, harmonious, vigorous and grave construction, melting the national tradition, local characteristics and the spirit of time into an organic whole. The Museum covers an area of 65,000 square meters. It has a building area of 55,600 square meters, the cultural relic reservoir area of 8,000 square meters, and exhibition hall area of 11,000 square meters. Its collection of cultural relics reaches 370,000, dating from the simple stone that human used at the initial stage in ancient times down to all kinds implements in social life before 1840; the time span covers more than one million years. The cultural relics are rich in number and types and have high grade and wide value, among which Shang bronze is exquisite; terracotta figurines of past dynasties are of varied types and postures; gold and silver ware of Han and Tang Dynasty is unique across the country; wall paintings of Tang tomb have no equals in this world. It is called a collection of variety of...

The Shaanxi Archaeology Museum, which features the history of archaeology and protection technologies, opened to the public in 2022.

The museum is located in northwest China's Xi'an City, which has served as the capital of 13 dynasties. Home to the world-famous Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an is renowned for its rich cultural heritage resources.

A total of 5,215 pieces of relics are on display at the Shaanxi Archaeology Museum, including a tombstone excavated with an epitaph written by Yan Zhenqing, one of the most renowned calligraphers in Chinese history. There is also a bronze chariot, dating from the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 – 771 BC).

The Shaanxi Archaeology Museum not only exhibits cultural relics, but also reproduces the process of the archaeology and restoration of cultural relics. It showcases the latest and most sophisticated archaeological technologies, and tells the stories of experts exploring the origin of Chinese civilization.

"By showing the real scene of excavation, the museum aims to offer the public a closer look at archaeological research," said Sun Zhouyong, curator...

A must visit museum in Xi'an. It is the largest museum in Xi'an describing the history from the Chin dynasty to the Qing dynasty. By far the most informative museum in Xi'an. You can skip other museums if you have covered this one. Pro tip: 1) This museum gives online free tickets (reserved until 2500 entries per day) on their website. Check one week before your intended plan of visit day. 0therwsie the free tickets will run out of stock. 2) If you miss the online tickets, you could still buy the usual tickets (30 CNY) from their website and book the time slot. This is absolutely necessary. Do not just turn up to buy the tickets on the spot. You won't get any! 3) For the special exhibition of the mural paintings from the Tang dynasty (270 CNY), I would suggest to give it a skip if you are not a history buff. For a usual person, it is not that interesting as those are only the paintings on the stone wall. If you are a history expert, then you may be...