Three Gorges Museum Guide

China Three Gorges Museum is situated at the west part of the People's Square of Chongqing . Occupying the area of 30,000 square meters, the museum was completed and opened to the public on Jun 18, 2005 with the construction area of 42,500 square meters. It was the first large museum with the title of  "China " named by the State Council Office of the People's Republic of China beyond Beijing.China Three Gorges Museum has another name - Chongqing Museum . It's not only a specified museum of Three Gorges but also a comprehensive museum of history and art,a collection of over 170,000 pieces of cultural relics. 

The Three Gorges Museum is a place to deposit artifacts saved from important historical sites submerged by the artificial lake behind the Three Gorges Dam. Hundreds of archaeological sites were submerged, and many objects were discovered and moved to the museum by various teams of scientists and archaeological. China Three Gorges Museum attracts visitors from all over the world by its special culture, advanced high-tech and unique management. It has been an important platform of cultural exchanges of Three Gorges area.

The museum has four major themes: "The Splendid Three Gorges,""The Very Ancient Ba Yu," "The Urban Development of Chongqing," and "The Anti-Japanese Days."  They reflect the history and culture of the Three Gorges, introduce the origination of the local history, state the transitional process of Chongqing and tell the stories occurred in Anti-Japanese period. There are other six specialized exhibitions of paintings, calligraphy, money, cultural relics, and ceramics. The special exhibitions are called "Paintings and Calligraphy in Different Historical Periods," "The Money in Different Periods," "Sculpture in the Han Dynasty," "Cultural Relics Donated by Li Chuli," "Minority Customs in Southwest China," and "Ceramics in Different Periods of China." There are also dinosaur skeletons on display from nearby places in Sichuan Province. The Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site in Zigong held numerous fossil skeletons. Another important exhibit is a 180 degree panorama of war-torn Chongqing in the period of bombardment by the Japanese over several decades. There is also a 360 degree cinema of Three Gorges that mainly shows the natural and social sceneries of Three Gorges prior to the construction of the dam project.

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• Eling Park
• The Great Hall of People
• Chongqing zoo
• General Stewell Museum
• Liberation Monument Chongqing
• Three Gorges Museum
• Ciqikou Old Town
• The Baidi Castle
• The Yangtze River