Datong Museum

Datong museum is the only specialized organization in Datong City, Shanxi Province, the people's Republic of China, which integrates collection, display, research and preservation. It is located at No.14 xiasipo street, Datong City, and in xiahuayan temple, an ancient temple of Liao Dynasty, covering an area of 13043 square meters.

The museum was founded in 1959, and its predecessor is the former Datong historic preservation office and Datong cultural relics exhibition hall. The collection is rich, including about 18000 unearthed and handed down cultural relics from prehistoric times to the Republic of China. Most of these cultural relics are the results of archaeological excavations, and a few are donated to the public.

In history, Datong was the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the capital of the Liao and Jin Dynasties. Therefore, the number of cultural relics of these three generations is particularly outstanding. The most important collection is a large number of cultural relics unearthed from the tomb of Sima Jinlong in the early Northern Wei Dynasty.

Datong Museum

Datong museum is a comprehensive museum of geography, which belongs to Datong Cultural Relics Bureau,

Located in Taihe Road, Yudong, Datong City.

Datong museum was founded in 1959 as Datong cultural relics exhibition hall, and officially renamed as Datong Museum in 1963. After more than half a century, Datong Museum has experienced xiahuayan temple, West Hall of exhibition hall and astronomical building of Datong No.10 middle school. The construction of the new museum started on May 18, 2010 and opened on December 31, 2014. The total investment is 490 million yuan, covering an area of 51556 square meters and a construction area of 32821 square meters.

There are more than 70000 cultural relics in the collection of Datong Museum, which is a national second-class Museum.

Historical evolution

Datong museum was built in 1958 and opened in 1959. The original name of Datong cultural relics exhibition hall was developed on the basis of the original Datong historical relics preservation office and Datong cultural relics exhibition hall.

In 1963, it was changed into Datong Museum. The site of the museum was initially set up in xiahuayan temple, an ancient temple of the Liao Dynasty, which is famous at home and abroad. It is a special organization responsible for the collection, storage and display of state-owned cultural relics in the city.

In 1989, two museums of Datong City were opened in the exhibition hall of the prosperous area outside the west gate.

In 2006, after the implementation of the "three libraries (library, exhibition hall and Museum) reconstruction project" by Datong Municipal Party committee and government, they moved to the new site.

On January 16, 2009, the new museum, which was relocated to the red flag square, was opened free of charge.

In May 2009, Datong museum was rated as a national second-class Museum by the State Administration of cultural relics.

On May 18, 2010, the new Yudong Museum of Datong city officially broke ground.

On January 1, 2015, Yudong new museum was officially opened to the public.

architectural composition

The architectural design of Datong Museum integrates the history and culture of Datong into the typical depiction of the rising dynamics of the special-shaped architectural space, and absorbs the cultural elements of the natural landforms of Datong - Datong volcano group, longbi culture and Yungang Grottoes space evolution. The whole building forms a whole around the central hall with spiral spatial structure. Datong Museum covers an area of 51556 square meters and a building area of 32821 square meters. It is divided into one underground layer and three above ground layers, with interlayer in some parts. Including cultural relics exhibition area, public service area, multi-function hall, cultural relics reservoir area and office area, etc.

Exhibition Profile

Basic Display

Thematic display

Collection quality

Activity construction

As of 2014, Datong Museum has held temporary exhibitions such as "museum collection of ancient steles Exhibition", "collection of precious cultural relics exhibition", "Ming and Qing porcelain exhibition". The museum has also participated in cultural relics exhibitions organized by provincial and national cultural relics departments in Italy, the United States, Japan and other countries.

On the afternoon of November 3, 2016, a lecture on "the beauty of ancient Chinese locks" sponsored by Datong Museum and organized by the school of history, tourism and culture of Datong University was held in the lecture hall on the sixth floor of Shanmei building, Datong University.

On December 31, 2016, the children's interactive area of Datong museum was fully opened, which not only extended the exhibition content, but also made the educational content of the museum more diversified, so that children could easily and happily accept historical and cultural knowledge through participation and experience.

Venue features

The architectural form design of Datong Museum inherits the accumulation of Datong history and culture, combines with dragon culture and grotto culture, and coincides with the typical landform characteristics of the Volcanic Group near Datong, reflecting the regional cultural characteristics of "Hu Han blend".

Through the typical depiction of the special-shaped architectural space with rising momentum, the museum tries to think and express the conflict and collision of the two cultures in a deeper level. Two arc-shaped shapes circle around the central hall, forming a radial spiral structure, and the ridge line on the shape strengthens the form of the building. The ends diverging from different ridge lines crisscross up and down to form a rich body combination. The opening at the end faces different urban directions, introduces urban landscape, and forms the line of sight relationship between the interior of the building and the city.

The external form of the building also affects the formation of the internal space. The arc shape is like a combination of different sections of the opening of the grottoes, forming a special-shaped space form with tension at the top of the exhibition hall. The second and third floors of the central hall are equipped with dynamic arc-shaped air bridges. The southwest side of the hall is connected with the underground public service space by large steps. The central hall combines the exhibition design and sets up large exhibits to form a magnificent internal space.

The main body of the building is a spiral structure composed of two curved volumes. A circular shallow pool is arranged on the outside of the building, and an arc-shaped bridge is set to lead to the interior of the building, so as to strengthen the dynamic of the whole building. A square square is set outside the building. The square is surrounded by a 20 meter wide rectangular tree array with green space in between. The north and south of the site are surrounded by the tree array, and the centralized parking lot is arranged. The external wall of the building adopts metal hanging board, which is 45 degree rhombic superposition. In addition to the end openings in different directions, the solid wall is mainly used in combination with the needs of the exhibition hall. The office part is a glass curtain wall, forming a simple glass block. The contrast between the large area solid wall and the glass block, the contrast between the rising dynamic architectural form and the flat shallow pool form the unique characteristics of the architectural form.

Honors

In 1995, Datong museum was announced as a provincial patriotic education base by Shanxi provincial Party committee and government.

In May 2009, Datong museum was rated as a national second-class Museum by the State Administration of cultural relics.

Organization setup

Datong Museum has office, propaganda and education department, exhibition department, storage department, science and technology department and network industry department

Department, Pingcheng research department, collection research department, security department, equipment operation Department, logistics department, etc

It's a department.

Visit information

address

Taihe Road, Yudong New District, Datong City

Ticket information

Free Admission

Opening Hours

9: 00-17:00 (stop at 16:00, clear at 16:30, close at 17:00) closed on Monday (including national holidays)

traffic

Bus 64, 65, 70, Taihe Road, Yunshan street.

Address: No.14 xiasipo street, Datong City

Longitude: 113.2964553833

Latitude: 40.091609954834

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