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Location | Urumqi, Xinjiang, China |
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Coordinates | 43°49′10.32″N 87°35′02.29″E / 43.8195333°N 87.5839694°E |
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.
General
[edit]The Xinjiang Museum was established in August 1959. The current museum building was built and opened for public on September 20, 2005.
Exhibits
[edit]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]
Gallery
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Inside the museum
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An exhibit at the Xinjiang Region Museum
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Kharosthi script
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The life depicted on the tomb wall (Astana Cemetery)
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A wooden bar inscribed with Old Uyghur text
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Xinjiang Regional Museum, Urumqi, China". www.travelchinaguide.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
External links
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