Baoji Bronze Ware Museum | |
Native Name: | 宝鸡青铜器博物院 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Map Type: | China |
Coordinates: | 34.3536°N 107.2004°W |
Former Name: | Baoji Historical Relics Exhibition Hall |
Location: | Baoji, Shaanxi, China |
Type: | Archaeology museum |
Key Holdings: | Bronze ware |
Collections: | 120,000 |
Founder: | Baoji Municipal Government |
President: | Chen Liang [1] |
S: | 宝鸡青铜器博物院 |
T: | 寶雞青銅器博物院 |
P: | Bǎojī Qīngtóngqì Bówùyuàn |
The Baoji Bronzeware Museum is an archaeology museum in Baoji, Shaanxi, China. It has a collection of more than 120,000 pieces of cultural relics through the ages, most of them are Zhou dynasty bronze wares. Baoji Bronze Ware Museum's present building, which opened in 2010, occupies an area of more than, with a total floor space of .
Several Zhou dynasty sites have been excavated within the Baoji region.[2] [3]
The museum was first constructed in 1956 as the Baoji Historical Relics Exhibition Hall . It was renowned for its bronze wares, . In 1958, it was renamed as the Baoji Museum . At that time, it had a collection of more than 110,000 objects, including 5,740 bronze wares.
In 1990, the construction of its new building began and the museum was completed in 1998, and opened to the public on September 8, 1998 as the Baoji Bronzeware Museum.
In 2006, the construction of the present building began and the museum was completed on September 28, 2010.