Tianjin Museum

The predecessor of Tianjin museum can be traced back to the Tianjin Museum established in 1918. Although it is newly built in recent years and has lost a lot of ancient flavor, it is still the main place to inherit the local history and culture of Tianjin.

There are four floors in the museum. The first floor is "the origin of Tianjin culture", the second floor is the exhibition of cultural relics, the third floor is "a century of China in Tianjin", and the fourth floor is the exhibition of calligraphy and painting. Here you can learn about the historical changes and local culture of Tianjin. The treasures of the town hall, such as fan Kuan's painting of snow scenery and cold forest in the Northern Song Dynasty, the enamel color peony chicken shaped jade pot spring vase in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the Taibao Ding of the western Zhou Dynasty, and the topaz pig dragon, will also make you worth the trip. Various theme exhibitions will be held from time to time.

Tianjin Museum

Tianjin Museum is located in the cultural center at the intersection of Yuexiu Road and Pingjiang road in Hexi District of Tianjin city. It is a large-scale comprehensive museum of art and history that displays ancient Chinese art and the development history of Tianjin city. Tianjin Museum is a collection of four series of museums and academies in the 20th century, namely, Tianjin Cultural Museum, social education Museum, art museum and Expo Museum. In 2004, the former Tianjin Art Museum and Tianjin history museum were merged and established, and its predecessor was Tianjin Museum established in 1918.

Tianjin Museum's collection features both Chinese ancient art and modern historical documents and local historical materials. By the end of 2014, there were nearly 200000 pieces of ancient bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy, painting, jade, seals, stationery, oracle bone, currency, stamps, Dunhuang manuscripts, bamboo and wood dental horn ware, local folk crafts and modern historical documents, and 2 books Ten thousand copies.

It was open to the public free of charge at the end of 2007, and was rated as a national first-class Museum in 2008. It is the National Youth patriotism education base.

On October 11, 2018, he was selected into the list of "national primary and secondary students' research and practice education base".

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Historical evolution

Cultural Museum

In April 1916, the Preparatory Office of Tianjin Museum was established.

On June 1, 1918, Tianjin Museum was officially established.

In 1928, it was renamed Hebei first museum.

In December 1934, it was renamed Hebei Museum.

In June 1940, it was renamed Tianjin special Municipal Museum.

In 1945, it was renamed Tianjin Museum of Hebei Province.

In 1949, after the liberation of Tianjin, the museum was taken over by Tianjin Education Bureau and renamed Tianjin Municipal Museum at the beginning of the year.

In November 1950, the museum was transferred to Tianjin Municipal Administration of cultural undertakings, and was renamed Tianjin Municipal First Museum.

In October 1952, it merged with Tianjin Municipal Second museum to form Tianjin history museum.

center for social education

In 1915, Tianjin Social Education Office was established.

In January 1925, Tianjin Guangzhi museum was established.

On July 30, 1937, the museum was closed after the fall of Tianjin.

On August 15, 1945, the Japanese aggressors surrendered and gradually recovered.

In 1949, after the liberation of Tianjin, the museum was taken over by Tianjin Education Bureau.

In November 1950, it was changed to belong to the Tianjin Municipal Administration of cultural undertakings and was renamed the second Museum of Tianjin municipal government.

In October 1952, it merged with Tianjin Municipal First Museum to form Tianjin history museum.

art gallery

On October 1, 1930, Tianjin Municipal Art Museum was established.

In 1945, it was renamed Tianjin Municipal Art Museum.

In 1949, the museum was taken over by Tianjin Education Bureau.

In November 1950, it was transferred to Tianjin Administration of cultural undertakings.

At the end of 1952, Tianjin Municipal Art Museum was incorporated into Tianjin history museum.

People's Hall

On July 10, 1951, Tianjin North China urban and rural material exchange exhibition was established.

On May 16, 1954, the North China People's Expo was established on this basis.

In March 1955, North China People's Expo was incorporated into Tianjin history museum.

art gallery

On December 10, 1957, Tianjin art museum was established on the basis of the art department transferred from Tianjin History Museum by Tianjin Culture Bureau.

On December 20, 2004, it merged with Tianjin history museum to form Tianjin Museum.

Merger history

In June 1952, under the leadership and leadership of Tianjin Municipal Administration of cultural undertakings, Tianjin Municipal First Museum and Tianjin Municipal Second museum began to plan the merger of the two museums in accordance with the relevant instructions of the Ministry of culture. In early October of the same year, the merger of the two museums was completed and Tianjin history museum was established.

On October 20, 1952, with the approval of the higher authorities, the official seal of "Tianjin History Museum" was officially opened, marking the official establishment of the museum on that day. At the end of the same year, Tianjin Municipal Art Museum was incorporated into Tianjin history museum.

In March 1955, the North China People's Expo was incorporated into Tianjin history museum. So far, the structure of Tianjin History Museum has been basically finalized.

In August 1968, Tianjin History Museum, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin Nature Museum, and Tianjin clay figurine painting studio were merged to form Tianjin Museum.

In October 1973, the higher authorities decided to abolish the system of Tianjin Museum and restore the system before August 1968.

In February 1984, the archaeological team of the cultural relics administration office of Tianjin Municipal Bureau of culture was incorporated into the Tianjin History Museum and became the archaeological Department of the museum.

In 2003, Tianjin Tianfei Palace Site Museum of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties was built, and the archaeological team was incorporated into the museum and separated from Tianjin history museum.

On December 20, 2004, Tianjin Museum was completed and opened. The museum is a combination of Tianjin History Museum and Tianjin Art Museum, and a new site has been built at 31 Youyi Road.

architectural composition

The new museum has a total investment of 830 million yuan and a total construction area of 64003 square meters, including 14000 square meters of exhibition hall and 11000 square meters of warehouse. The new hall has a temporary exhibition hall of 2800 square meters.

The building has a total of three floors, with the highest height of 33 meters. The main structure of the building is reinforced concrete frame shear wall steel support structure, and the roof is steel reticulated shell. The building plane is semicircular, with a diameter of 186 meters. The foundation form is pile cap foundation.

The building of Tianjin Museum is shaped like a swan. The interior of the museum is composed of exhibition area, collection warehouse area, library and reference center, office and technical room and equipment room. There is a swan lake with a volume of 6500 square meters outside.

The appearance of Tianjin Museum consists of Swan Lake, swan neck and green necklace. Swan Lake has a diameter of 130 meters, and the water depth gradually deepens from 30 cm to 80 cm. The lakeshore can be used for children's games, and the lake water can be used as fire water. There is a lakeside square around Swan Lake, which is paved with granite, and two layers of sand and lime soil are laid under Shicai to prevent granite from falling off due to freezing. The swan neck is composed of the corridor from the main entrance to the museum through Swan Lake. The roof is covered with glass. In terms of architectural performance, it is like the neck of a white swan, full and beautiful. The green necklace around Swan Lake slopes slowly at an angle of 10 degrees, planting plants less than 4 meters, and then paving the lawn as a space for tourists to rest.

The external decoration of Tianjin Museum mainly includes shell surface, glass curtain wall, daylighting window and French window. The shell surface is a part of the spherical surface with a radius of 158 meters and a surface area of 15539 square meters. The shell surface is composed of reticulated shell, insulation layer, folded plate and porcelain plated aluminum plate. The glass curtain wall is composed of the side curtain walls of the two wings of the swan and the central curtain wall connected with the swan neck. The aluminum window frames on the glass curtain wall are mainly arranged along the vertical direction to form a streamline shape from the spherical edge to the direction of the Swan Lake, so as to form an organic connection with the water surface of the Swan Lake. The space in the former hall overlooks Swan Lake. All the floors on the first to third floors are integrated with the external environment, which is very spectacular. The daylighting window can be opened and closed. As the vent of the front hall and the third floor exhibition room, it also has the functions of smoke exhaust and ventilation. The tilt angle of French window is 69 degrees.

Collection quality

Jade article

Late Qing Dynasty jadeite and chrysanthemum ring ear flat cap bottle

The bottle is made of a pair of large emerald, 42.8 cm high and 9.6 × 5.4 cm in diameter. Light emerald green, a little pink between, the color is even and soft, beautiful and crystal clear. There are peach shaped buttons on the lid, chrysanthemum patterns on both sides of the lid and the bottle, a movable ring on each ear of the hollow neck and shoulder. The body of the bottle is smooth, polished and even, with oval feet, a seat under the foot, and animal face patterns on the upper Yin line. Especially for flowers and leaves

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