Hunan Museum

Hunan Museum
湖南省博物馆
New building of Hunan Museum
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Established1951 (1951)
LocationKaifu District, Changsha, Hunan, China
Coordinates28°12′55.08″N 112°59′10.08″E / 28.2153000°N 112.9861333°E / 28.2153000; 112.9861333
TypeProvincial museum
Key holdingsCultural relics from Mawangdui
Collections180,000
PresidentChen Jianmin (陈建民)
Websitewww.hnmuseum.com/en
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese湖南省博物館
Simplified Chinese湖南省博物馆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHúnán Shěng Bówùguǎn

The Hunan Museum (Chinese: 湖南省博物馆) is the provincial museum of Hunan, China. It was built in 1951 and opened to the public in July 1956. It is located in the provincial capital Changsha at No. 50, Dongfeng Lu next to the Revolutionary Martyr's Park.

It spans a total area of about 50,000 square metres (12 acres), with a constructed area of 20,000 square metres (4.9 acres).

The museum has a collection of more than 180,000 objects, including items found in the tombs of the Marquis of Dai and his wife, Xin Zhui, in Mawangdui.[1]

The museum was closed on 18 June 2012 for renovation and expansion works and reopened on 29 November 2017.