Guangdong Provincial Museum

Guangdong Provincial Museum is not only a provincial comprehensive museum, but also a national first-class Museum, as well as a patriotic education base and social practice base in Guangzhou. The new museum is divided into four parts: the history museum, the nature museum, the art museum and the temporary exhibition hall. There are many exhibits, including humanities and science popularization.

Guangdong Provincial Museum

Guangdong Provincial Museum is located at No.2 Zhujiang East Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. It is located in the south of the central area of Zhujiang New Town, the central axis of Guangzhou new city. It began to be built in 1957 and officially opened to the public in 1959. The new museum was founded in December 2004 and completed in 2010, covering a total area of 67000 square meters. It is the only provincial comprehensive museum in Guangdong Province and also a national first-class Museum.

The exhibition of Guangdong Provincial Museum takes history, culture, art and nature of Guangdong Province as the three main exhibition directions, which is divided into four parts: History Museum, nature museum, art museum and temporary exhibition hall. As of December 2009, the collection of Guangdong Provincial Museum has reached more than 166000 pieces (sets), in addition, the museum also has more than 100000 books and materials.

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Historical evolution

The Guangdong Provincial Museum began to be built in 1957.

On October 1, 1959, Guangdong Provincial Museum and its Guangzhou Lu Xun memorial hall were officially opened to the public.

After the reform and opening up, Guangdong Provincial Museum began to build a new exhibition building on the original site.

In October 1992, the new exhibition building was completed, with a total construction area of 18700 square meters, of which 12300 square meters were newly built, with a display area of 6000 square meters, four times the 1500 square meters of the original building.

In 2003, Guangdong provincial Party committee and government decided to invest 884.2 million yuan to build a new museum of Guangdong Province. In the same year, the International Invitational Competition for architectural design of the new museum of Guangdong Province was held, which invited 10 international famous architectural design units from 8 countries to participate. After the expert technical review, public display, online voting and jury review, the design scheme "treasure container" was finally determined as the architectural design scheme of the new museum of Guangdong Province.

On December 12, 2004, the foundation of the new museum of Guangdong Province was laid in the culture and Art Square in the south of the central area of Zhujiang New Town, the central axis of Guangzhou new city. The planned total land area is 41000 square meters, and the total construction area is 67000 square meters. It has one floor underground and five floors above the ground. It is mainly equipped with exhibition hall, collection preservation system, educational service facilities, business and scientific research facilities, as well as security and public services Integrated management system, etc.

In May 2008, Guangdong Provincial Museum was awarded the first batch of "national first-class museums" by the State Administration of cultural relics.

On May 18, 2010, the new museum of Guangdong Province was built and opened by using the "treasure box" design concept and adopting the reinforced concrete core tube bearing giant steel truss suspension structure system.

architectural composition

Guangdong Provincial Museum has a total construction area of 67000 square meters, with one floor underground and five floors above ground. It is mainly equipped with exhibition hall, collection preservation system, educational service facilities, business and scientific research facilities, as well as security, public service and comprehensive management system. The exhibition hall is divided into four parts: History Museum, nature museum, art museum and temporary exhibition hall. The museum uses the design concept of "treasure box" and adopts the reinforced concrete core tube to carry the huge steel truss suspension structure system. The shape of the museum is like a carved treasure box. This design idea originates from the traditional Guangdong handicraft - ivory ball. The space organization of the museum is like the hollowing out process of ivory ball. The internal functions are linked layer by layer, and the exhibition hall, the corridor, the atrium and the whole museum are connected The structure of the museum is closely combined with that of the museum, which is spread out layer by layer from the inside to the outside. A large area of green grass slope gradually slows down along the west of the museum, forming a clear main entrance square and integrating with the Central Avenue.

The atrium of Guangdong Provincial Museum is from the audience entrance hall to the top floor. The natural light is spread from the glass skylight on the top. As the main public space, it connects the upper and lower corridors through ramps, stairs and escalators to guide the audience into each exhibition hall. At the same time, different activity halls are set up in the corridor to float over the atrium, and steel bridges are set on the activity hall to connect them, which becomes the main part of the space Active factors; in order to continue the concept of "treasure box", the corridor is also separated by perforated metal plate and atrium space, and the sense of hierarchy is strengthened.

Exhibition

Permanent exhibition

Exhibition of Guangdong history and culture

The exhibition hall of "Guangdong historical and cultural exhibition" covers an area of more than 4000 square meters, with more than 1500 pieces / set of cultural relics and more than 300 photos on display. As one of the three basic exhibitions of Guangdong Provincial Museum, the exhibition shows the audience the historical and cultural changes of Guangdong from MABA people to the founding of new China in an all-round and multi angle way by means of cultural relics, pictures, oil paintings, sculptures, models, multimedia, restoration scenes, etc. "Guangdong historical and cultural exhibition" consists of four chapters, with the time sequence as the main line, which are the origin of southern Guangdong, sailing around the world, carrying forward the past and opening up the future, and the beacon fire in Guangdong and the sea.

Guangdong Natural Resources Exhibition

The exhibition hall of "Guangdong Natural Resources Exhibition" covers an area of nearly 4000 square meters. There are seven thematic exhibitions on geology and geomorphology, minerals, gems and stones, Chinese herbal medicine, terrestrial wildlife, marine life and paleontology, mainly including "our homeland - Geology and geomorphology Museum", "our treasure - mineral resources Museum", "spirit of stone - Gem Museum" and "Lingnan herbal medicine - Chinese herbal medicine" They are: the Museum of terrestrial wildlife, the residents of terrestrial animals, the Museum of marine animals, and the Museum of paleontology.

Chaozhou Woodcarving Art Exhibition

Chaozhou wood carving art exhibition is divided into three parts: origin, production, art, utensils and appreciation. More than 200 pieces (sets) of wood carvings are displayed, including gold lacquer painting, longevity screen, round crab basket, shrine, pavilion, sedan chair, laver cover, food box, candy rack and paper coal tube. The organizers vividly restored the halls, bedrooms, study and other scenes of traditional Chaoshan folk houses, and reappeared the application of wood carvings in Chaoshan folk traditional social life.

Ceramic Exhibition of past dynasties

Based on the development of Chinese ceramics and cultural relics, the exhibition shows the history of Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic Age to the Qing Dynasty. Nearly 300 cultural relics are selected from the collection of the exhibition, which comprehensively reflects the face of ancient Chinese ceramic culture from the aspects of the progress of technology, the evolution of utensils and foreign trade. The exhibition is divided into four parts: "kiln fire for the first time -- the origin of pottery and the origin of porcelain", "the rise of porcelain country -- the development period of ceramics", "each leading style -- the heyday of ceramics", "the Pearl of southern China -- the development course of Guangdong ceramics".

Duanyan Art Exhibition

The exhibition hall covers an area of more than 600 square meters, with a collection of nearly 200 square meters of Duan inkstones. The exhibition is divided into four parts. The first part is a review of Yanlin, which briefly introduces the origin, development history and characteristics of Duan inkstones. The second part: the beauty of stone quality, introduces the unique natural properties of Duanshi. The third part: Master craftsmanship, from the process, carving techniques, inkstone shape inkstone style, decorative theme, according to the material of the five aspects of Duan Inkstone technology to show the introduction. The fourth part: engrave poetry inscriptions, with more than 50 Duan inkstones engraved with inscriptions in Ming and Qing Dynasties, to show a deeper cultural connotation of inkstones.

Temporary Exhibition

The legend of maritime trade in the Wanli era (September 23, 2015 to March 20, 2016): Based on the discovery and research of the two sunken ships "Nan'ao I" and "Wanli", Guangdong provincial museum explores the development, connotation and changes of maritime trade between China and the West in this period. The exhibition is divided into five parts: "the arrival of the golden age of China's maritime trade", "the blue sea sunken ship - the discovery of the East West sunken ship", "cargo links to all countries - maritime trade goods", "time capsule - mobile society" and "East West convergence - the era of great navigation". Let the audience understand this magnificent picture as a prelude to the golden age of China's maritime trade through the exhibition.

Collection of paintings exhibition since the song and Yuan Dynasties (September 16, 2015 to February 22, 2016): this exhibition is sponsored by Guangdong Provincial Museum, and is divided into four parts: song and Yuan Dynasties, Ming and Qing Dynasties, modern and contemporary. In song and Yuan Dynasties, we can see its development from limited painting traces; in Ming, Qing and modern times, we can see the art status of various painting schools and famous artists, which basically includes most of the painting schools and their representative painters in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Exhibition review

Collection

As of December 2009, through archaeological excavation, acquisition, allocation and donation, Guangdong Provincial Museum has collected more than 166000 pieces (sets), including 404 national first-class cultural relics, 7284 second-class cultural relics, 12639 third-class cultural relics, and more than 40000 natural specimens and fossils. The collection of ancient calligraphy and painting, ancient ceramics, two kinds of cultural relics, in quantity and quality ranked in the forefront of the National Museum.

Cooperation and exchange

Since 2004, Guangdong Provincial Museum has held roving exhibitions throughout Guangdong Province to continuously promote the exchange and exchange of museum collections, talents, technology and other resources

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