Xinjiang Museum

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Xinjiang Museum
新疆博物馆
Xinjiang museum urumqi 2006.jpg
LocationUrumqi, Xinjiang, China
Coordinates43°49′10.32″N 87°35′02.29″E / 43.8195333°N 87.5839694°E / 43.8195333; 87.5839694Coordinates: 43°49′10.32″N 87°35′02.29″E / 43.8195333°N 87.5839694°E / 43.8195333; 87.5839694

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Museum, or Xinjiang Museum, is located in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. Its address is 581 Xibei Road, Urumqi.[1]

The museum holds over 40,000 items of various cultural relics and specimens, including 381 national first-grade cultural relics (国家一级文物). In May 2008, the Xinjiang Museum was included in the first batch of the National first-grade museums of China.

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The Xinjiang Museum was established in August 1959. The current museum building was built and opened for public on September 20, 2005.

Exhibits[]

The museum has been set up to show the four major exhibits: "Recover the Western Region's Glory of Yesterday - the exhibit of the historical cultural relics in Xinjiang", "the exhibit of Xinjiang's ethnic customs", "The Mummies of the Immortal World - the exhibit of the ancient mummies of Xinjiang,", “The Historical Monuments – the exhibit of Xinjiang's revolutionary history”.[citation needed]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Xinjiang Regional Museum, Urumqi, China". www.travelchinaguide.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

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