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Three Gorges Museum
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China
ADDRESS
236 Renmin Rd, Daxigou, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China, 400015
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About Three Gorges Museum
Three Gorges Museum is a museum located in Chongqing municipality of China. It was founded in 2005. The site is close to Chongqing People?s Hall. It is spread in an area of over 42000-meter square. There is no entrance ticket for visiting the museum. The opening timing of the museum is 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. It remains closed on Monday.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Three Gorges Museum
- The objective of the museum is to educate, preserve, and scientific research taking care of cultural heritage and the natural environment of the place.
- The exterior of the museum is quite impressive with sloping walls covered with a huge glass dome. The visitors are also amazed to see large reliefs, bronze sculptures, and a 1-kilometer long "Ecological Corridor".
- As the museum is located in the Three Gorges region of the Yangtze River it is named as such. It was made to replace the former Chongqing Museum.
- It showcases more than 180 thousand cultural relics which include bronze wares of the Ba and Shu States, ancient human specimen, and cultural relics of the Han Dynasty.
- You can learn about southwestern nationalities and paintings, Chinese zither of Song, Yuan, Qing, and Ming Dynasties as well as calligraphies by visiting the museum.
- There are ten permanent exhibitions including the prominent ones are Marvelous Three Gorges, Ancient Ba Yu, and Pottery Figurine of the Han Dynasty.
- The circular screen cinema also attracts the attention of visitors.
- There are three temporary exhibition halls in the museum.
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