Tang West Market Museum, Archaeological museum in Xi'an, China.

The Tang West Market Museum is an archaeological institution in Xi'an built on the original site of the Tang Dynasty West Market. The museum houses a large collection of artifacts from various periods of Chinese history, including bronze, pottery, terracotta figures, gold, silk, and jade objects.

The West Market served as one of China's largest international trading centers during the Tang Dynasty and was crucial for east-west exchange. The site was later excavated and transformed into a museum to preserve this important historical location.

The second-floor permanent exhibition, "Silk Road Starting Point, Soul of Prosperous Commerce," presents the West Market through five themes: the site, the market layout, its trade guilds, cultural mixing and commercial ideas. On the third floor, the "Hundred Crafts" section demonstrates ten traditional handicrafts in shop-like settings. The fourth floor shows bronzes, gold, silver, jade and coins, mostly from founder Lü Jianzhong's collection.

The museum stands at 118 Laodong South Road in the Lianhu District, on the site of the Tang West Market's northeast crossroads. The building has four floors above ground and two below; the excavated crossroads, cart ruts, stone bridge and shop foundations are on the ground floor, while the main Silk Road exhibition is on the second. Allow time to move between levels.

The museum allows visitors to see parts of the original Tang market structures beneath the building through glass floor panels. This provides a direct view of ancient wells and pathways that show how the site looked thousands of years ago.