A Brief Note on Sichuan Museum

The Sichuan Museum was established in 1941, with its predecessor tracing back to the West China Union Museum founded in 1914. It was later renamed as Sichuan Museum, West Sichuan People's Museum, Sichuan Provincial Museum, and other names. In 2009, the new Sichuan Provincial Museum was completed and renamed as Sichuan Museum, which is open to the public for free. The new museum is located in the Huanhua Creek Historical and Cultural Scenic Area in Chengdu, adjacent to Du Fu Thatched Cottage, with a main building area of 32,026 square meters and an exhibition hall area of 9,715.9 square meters. It is the largest cultural benefit project in Sichuan Province during the 'Eleventh Five-Year Plan' period. The Sichuan Museum currently has permanent exhibitions such as 'Ancient Sichuan·Prehistoric Period', 'Ancient Sichuan·Pre-Qin Period', 'Ancient Sichuan·Qin, Han and Three Kingdoms Period', 'Ancient Sichuan·Jin to Tang and Five Dynasties Period', as well as art history special exhibitions such as ethnic cultural relics, arts and crafts, Han Dynasty pottery and stone art, and there are 4 temporary exhibition halls. The museum has more than 350,000 collections, including more than 70,000 precious cultural relics. What is puzzling is that the large museum does not have an 'Ancient Sichuan·Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties' exhibition hall, and it is unknown why. On December 7, 2012, the Sichuan Museum was rated as a national first-class museum.