| Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology | |
| Native Name: | 陕西省考古研究院 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Map Type: | China |
| Coordinates: | 34.2319°N 108.972°W |
| Location: | Yanta District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China |
| Type: | Provincial museum |
| Key Holdings: | Cultural relics from Shaanxi |
| Collections: | 140,000 |
| President: | Sun Zhouyong [1] |
| S: | 陕西省考古研究院 |
| T: | 陝西省考古研究院 |
| P: | Shǎnxīshěng Kǎogǔ Yánjiūyuàn |
Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology is the official archaeological institute of China's Shaanxi Province. It operates an archaeological museum in Yanta District of Xi'an with a collection of more than 140,000 objects including bronzes, statues, pottery, porcelain, and books. There are nearly 130 thousand books in the library of the institute, making it one of the largest collections of books in the field of literature and archaeology in China.
Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology was founded in September 1958 with the name of "Institute of archaeology, Shaanxi branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences".[2]
In 1963, the institute was under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Social Sciences and was renamed "Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology" later.[2]
In January 1970, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, former Shaanxi Museum and Shaanxi Cultural Relics Management Committee merged into the Shaanxi Museum.[2]
In October 1978, after the Cultural Revolution, The General Office of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee approved the restoration of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. The institute is under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Cultural Relics Bureau since 1984.[2]
| No. | English name | Chinese name | Took office | Left office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu Bolun | September 1958 | May 1968 | |||
| 2 | Wang Xiu | May 1968 | January 1970 | |||
| 3 | Wang Xiu | October 1978 | December 1979 | |||
| 4 | Li Shengting/ Liu Shurong | / | December 1979 | August 1984 | Deputy Presidents | |
| 5 | Shi Xingbang | August 1984 | June 1989 | |||
| 6 | Gong Qiming | June 1989 | September 1994 | |||
| 7 | Han Wei | September 1994 | April 2001 | |||
| 8 | Jiao Nanfeng | April 2001 | December 2007 | |||
| 9 | Wang Weilin | December 2007 | 2013 | |||
| 10 | Sun Zhouyong | 2013 |