Changsha Museum, National museum in Kaifu District, China

The Changsha Museum is a national museum in Kaifu District housing multiple exhibition halls with regional artifacts, bronze items, and archaeological finds from Hunan Province. The collections span many periods and provide insight into the material culture of the area.

The Changsha Museum was founded in 1986 at its old site in Qingshuitang, the former site of the CPC Xiang District Committee. On 28 December 2015 it moved to a new building in the Binjiang Cultural Park. In December 2020 the Chinese Museums Association upgraded it to a National First-Class Museum.

The museum's two permanent displays are "Xiangjiang Beiqu" on ancient Changsha and "Zhongliu Jishui" on its modern history. Its more than 50,000 objects range from the Paleolithic to the present, with Shang and Zhou bronzes and Changsha kiln ceramics as strengths. Look for the elephant-pattern bronze nao bell, a twelve-leaf bronze mirror and the "Cao Nüxun" agate seal.

The museum is closed on Mondays and open from 9:00 am to 17:00 on other days. Take subway Line 1 to Beichen Delta Station, or buses No. 11 or 106 to the Liangguan Yiting stop. Admission is free.

The museum's collection numbers over 50,000 objects, ranging from the Paleolithic to modern times. Its strengths are Shang and Zhou bronzes and Changsha kiln ceramics; notable pieces include a large bronze nao bell with elephant motifs, a bronze mirror with twelve leaves and four bamboo and mountain patterns, and a "Cao Nüxun" agate seal.