military museum

Founded by the Navy, the Navy Museum is the only military museum in China that comprehensively reflects the development of the Chinese navy. It is located at No.8 Laiyang Road, Qingdao, adjacent to Lu Xun Park in the East, small Qingdao Park in the west, across the water from the trestle, the endless sea in the south, and Qingdao Signal Mountain Park in the north. It covers an area of more than 40000 square meters.

Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum

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Military Museum generally refers to the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum

The Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum is located on the extension line of Chang'an Street to the west of Tiananmen Square in Beijing. It was planned to be built in 1959. It is one of the top ten buildings in the capital dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the national day. On March 12, 1959, with the approval of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was officially named the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum.

The Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum is the only large-scale comprehensive military history museum in China, covering an area of more than 80000 square meters, with a construction area of more than 60000 square meters and a display area of more than 40000 square meters. The main building is 94.7 meters high, with 7 floors in the center and 4 floors on both sides. By the end of 2012, the museum had 22 exhibition halls and 2 exhibition squares. The Military Museum collects more than 340000 cultural relics and collections. Among them, there are 1793 national first-class cultural relics, more than 250 large-scale weapons and equipment, more than 1600 artworks, and 2551 gifts in foreign military exchanges. Among them are bronze gilded crossbow, Zhenyuan ship anchor, Ye Ting command knife, 38 rifle and the first tank of the people's Liberation Army.

The exhibition building of the Military Museum of the Chinese people's revolution started construction in October 1958, was completed in July 1959, was previewed in October of the same year, and was officially opened in August 1960.

The Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum is a unit at the Deputy military level, which is subordinate to the general political department. The administrative department is the work department directly under the General Administration, and the business department is the Propaganda Department of the general administration. Under the jurisdiction of the office, the political department, the management office, the exhibition and Publicity Office, the research office, the cultural relics office, the design office and other seven middle-level units, as well as the sanatorium. After the establishment adjustment, the business office will be changed into exhibition management department, education department, exhibition research department, cultural relics collection department, exhibition design department and security department. The museum also has an academic committee, an art committee, a cultural relic appraisal committee, and a painting and Calligraphy Academy.

On December 2, 2017, it was selected as "the second batch of Chinese 20th century architectural heritage".

In December 2017, it was selected into the list of the first batch of national primary and secondary school students' research and practice education bases and camps of the Ministry of education.

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In August 1958, the Beidaihe meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided to build a new museum and exhibition hall in Beijing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China. On September 10, the 115th meeting of the Central Military Commission discussed and adopted the decision to build a military museum in Beijing. The meeting confirmed that the Preparatory Committee is composed of 17 members, with Xiao Hua, Liu Zhijian, Zhang Lingbin and Xiao Xiangrong as the chairman and vice chairman respectively. On October 12, the construction site of the exhibition building of the Military Museum held a grand commencement ceremony.

On March 12, 1959, at the 167th meeting of the Central Military Commission, it was agreed that "the military museum now under preparation can be named" the Military Museum of the Chinese people's revolution. ".

On May 13, 1960, the Ordnance Department of the General Logistics Department handed over 1525 pieces of weapons, equipment and ammunition to the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum.

In the summer of 1962, Chairman Mao Zedong wrote the name of the museum. Xiao Hua, deputy director of the General Administration of the military museum newspaper, and Luo Ruiqing, Secretary General of the Central Military Commission and chief of the general staff, agreed to ask Chairman Mao Zedong to write the museum logo for the military museum. Chairman Mao readily agreed to write "the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum" on six pages of letterhead. On August 1, the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum was officially opened to the public. There are Red Army Museum, anti Japanese Museum, liberation Museum, anti us and aid Korea Museum, modern museum, weapons Museum, militia Museum, gift Museum and comprehensive museum.

On October 1, 1964, the "Regulations on the work of the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum (Draft)" was promulgated. It is divided into five parts: General principles, organization, work responsibilities, work system, work style and work methods.

In August 1965, the military museum identified 936 first-class cultural relics, including 229 in the Red Army Museum, 206 in the Anti Japanese War Museum, 263 in the war of liberation Museum, 159 in the Museum of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, 62 in the Museum of safeguarding socialist construction, and 17 in the Museum of weapons.

In mid January 1967, the museum was closed because of the impact of the "Cultural Revolution".

On October 18, 1969, 170 cases of important cultural relics of the military museum were packed and transferred to the 321 warehouse of Lingbao base affiliated to the Xi'an Office of the General Logistics Department.

On October 13, 1970, the military museum established a leading body according to the trial establishment, replacing the "Revolutionary Committee". Zhou Chu served as political commissar and Geng Xuewen as deputy curator. And establish a temporary Party committee. There are three departments under the Museum: the political department, the management department and the exhibition and publicity department.

In June 1974, the General Political Department of the military museum newspaper suggested that the cultural relics transferred to Henan 321 warehouse in 1969 should be transported back to Beijing. On June 7, the General Political Department reported it to the Central Military Commission, and on June 11, Ye Jianying, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and others approved it. On the morning of July 14, 95 boxes of revolutionary historical relics stored in the warehouse of the military station were safely transported back to Beijing.

On October 29, 1975, the military museum was renamed the former Museum. Because of the lack of the content after the founding of the people's Republic of China, the exhibition began to be carried out internally.

In April 1977, Chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Exhibition was approved by Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, Wang Dongxing and other leaders for internal exhibition. At the same time, there are three historical branches open to the public.

In 1979, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, China's first man-made earth satellite "Dongfanghong 1", the first recoverable satellite "Jianbing 1" and its return capsule were collected by the Military Museum of the science, technology and Industry Commission for national defense.

On July 31, 1980, with the approval of the General Administration of the Military Museum, the commemorative exhibition of Chairman Mao (which has been on display for three and a half years) ended.

In July 1981, the museum was removed.

In March 1982, the Chinese Museum Society was established. Qin Xinghan and Ma Zhonglian, deputy curators of the association, attended the founding meeting and were elected as the first council members of the association. Qin Xinghan was the executive director and vice president of the association. On August 1, the ordnance Museum, which has undergone major adjustments and modifications, and the modern first branch, which has undergone further modifications, were officially opened.

In August 1984, the military museum's selected works of art of the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum was published.

On August 1, 1985, the inaugural issue of military history forest was published. On August 13, the Anti Japanese War hall was officially opened.

On January 1, 1987, the military museum tried out a full week opening system, opening seven days a week, changing the practice of closing on Mondays. It only closed one day on New Year's day, one day on national day, and two days on Spring Festival, adding about 57 opening days a year.

On July 1, 1988, the military museum "Chinese Ancient War Museum" and "Chinese Modern War Museum" officially opened.

In February 1990, the atlas of the war history of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, a large-scale reference book published by the Military Museum, was published by the map publishing house. Zhang Aiping, Minister of national defense, inscribed the title of the book.

In July 1991, the Military Museum of China, which introduced the Military Museum, was published by overseas Chinese publishing house.

On July 25, 1992, the exhibition of the people's army marching forward to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the army was opened.

On May 17, 1993, the General Political Department issued the new establishment of the Military Museum, which consists of the office, the first research office, the second research office, the Publicity Office, the cultural relics office, the design and art office, the political department and the management office.

On August 1, 1994, the branch library system was tried out and put into operation.

On December 22, 1995, the registration and certification meeting of the first batch of museums in Beijing was held in Beijing Municipal Bureau of cultural relics, and the military museum became one of the first batch of 55 museums registered.

On October 11, 1996, with the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission, the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Long March, monument forever - Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army" sponsored by the general political department and organized by the military museum was held. At the same time, one of the series activities of the whole army commemorating the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Long March, the Red Army soldiers' calligraphy and painting exhibition and the national famous calligraphers and painters' works exhibition were opened.

In June 1997, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee named the military museum "national patriotic education demonstration base".

On April 7, 1998, the first, second and third floors of the east of the revolutionary war museum were removed in June. On August 25, the military museum cadres began to set their posts according to the new establishment. On October 21, the Military Museum held a meeting of leading cadres and decided that the exhibition building would be fully closed for maintenance from November 1, 1998.

On March 30, 1999, Junbo was awarded "advanced unit of Beijing Youth Education Base".

On February 13, 2001, the commencement ceremony of the central air conditioning installation project of the military museum building was held at the military museum.

On 1 August 2002, the tenth

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