Hebei Museum

Hebei Museum
河北博物院
Established	1953
Location	Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Coordinates	38°02′27″N 114°31′23″E / 38.040949°N 114.523183°E
Director	Wang Jian
Website	www.hebeimuseum.org

The Hebei Museum (Chinese: 河北博物院; pinyin: Héběi Bówùyuàn) is located in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei Province, China. It first opened in April 1953 in Baoding. After moving twice in the 1980s, it reopened in October 1987 at its present location on South Zhongshan Street. As the only provincial-level museum in Hebei, its primary function is the collection and exhibition of ancient cultural relics.^[1]

Artifacts

The museum's exhibition area has an area of approximately 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft) and showcases nearly 150,000 cultural relics. Artifacts in their collection include the Western Han jade burial suits sewn with gold thread from the Mancheng tombs of Liu Sheng and his wife Dou Wan; the Changxin Palace lantern, also from the tomb of Dou Wan;^[1] and a 2300-year-old bronze lamp, found in the tomb of King Cuo of Zhongshan.^[2]

Jade burial suit, c. 113 BCE, from the tomb of Liu Sheng
Hill censer, height 26 mm, from the tomb of Liu Sheng
The Changxin Palace lantern, c. 172 BCE, from the tomb of Dou Wan
Bronze cups with a vermilion bird holding a jade ring in its mouth, Western Han, from the tomb of Dou Wan
Yuan dynasty blue and white pottery decorated in fretwork floral designs (lotus petals, grasses, and peonies) in blue and red glaze with a lion finial on the lid

Visitor information

Hebei Museum is open Tuesday until Sunday, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Entrance is free with valid proof of identification.

References

^ ^a ^b "Hebei Provincial Museum - China culture". Cultural China. Shanghai News and Press Bureau. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
^ Shen, Ting. "Chinese Ingenuity Evident in Cultural Relics". China Radio International. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.