Three Gorges Museum, Cultural heritage museum in Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China.
The Three Gorges Museum is a large public museum in Chongqing dedicated to the history and traditions of the Three Gorges region. The building spans several floors with exhibition halls displaying sculptures, paintings, coins, ceramics, and calligraphy works from different periods.
The museum opened in the early 2000s to bring together collections that had previously been kept in different locations across the region. Its creation was closely tied to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, which brought many archaeological finds to light.
The museum holds a large collection of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, two art forms that have long been central to the region's creative life. Walking through these galleries gives a clear sense of how closely writing and visual art have been linked in this part of China.
The museum sits in central Chongqing and can be reached on foot from the city's main square. It is worth checking opening hours in advance and confirming which exhibition halls are open at the time of your visit.
The museum has a panoramic cinema that shows footage of the region as it looked before the water level rose after the dam was built. Some of the towns and villages shown no longer exist above water, making the film a rare document of a lost landscape.
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