Museum of Anhui, Provincial museum in Bijiashan, China.
The Museum of Anhui has two sites in Hefei: the 1956 Luyang building on Anqing Road, a national key cultural relic, and the 41,000 m² Shushan building opened on 29 September 2011 on Huaining Road. Its collection of nearly 220,000 objects spans 3,000 years of culture and 200 million years of nature.
The museum's roots lie in four institutions: the Hefei Science Museum, the Northern Anhui Cultural Relics Committee, the Wuhu Science Museum and the Southern Anhui Cultural Relics Museum. These merged on 23 April 1953 to form a preparatory office, and the 11,580-square-metre exhibition building was finished in February 1956. The Anhui Provincial Museum opened on 14 November 1956, was renamed Anhui Museum on 28 December 2010, and its Shushan branch opened on 29 September 2011.
The museum's name changed from Anhui Provincial Museum to Anhui Museum on 28 December 2010, when the new Shushan building opened the following year. Its collection of nearly 220,000 objects spans bronzes, gold and silver work, and natural specimens, so a single visit covers 3,000 years of culture and 200 million years of nature.
The museum has two sites: the old building at 268 Anqing Road in Luyang District and the new one at 268 Huaining Road in Shushan District. Metro Line 2 or 5 reaches Sanxiaokou for the old building, Line 3 reaches the Provincial Museum station for the new one. It opens Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00, with no entry after 16:00, and closes Mondays except on national holidays.
The collection numbers nearly 220,000 objects. Among the bronzes are the Zhanke ding, known as the "Chu Dading", a Warring States vessel, the Cai Hou bronze bells and the E Jun Qi gold-inlaid tally. The museum also holds a bell-shaped gold ornament inscribed "Yi Zisun".
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