The delegation members explore Huxiang culture at the Hunan Museum. 

Photo/Guo Liliang

As the largest history and art museum in Hunan province, the Hunan Museum covers an area of 49,000㎡, with the building area reaching 91,000㎡. It is one of the first batch of national first-level museums and one of the first eight national museums co-funded by central and local governments.

Boasting abundant collections, the museum houses over 180,000 artifacts, which feature the cultural relics excavated from the world-famous Mawangdui Tombs of Han Dynasty, the bronze wares of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, cultural relics of Chu State, pottery and porcelain works from various dynasties, calligraphy works and paintings, religious objects, handicrafts and cultural relics of modern times.  

Opening hours: 
Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00-17:00 (last entry at 16:00)
Closed on Monday except statutory holidays.

How to visit:
Before visiting, visitors need to make a reservation seven days in advance via the museum's official WeChat account, website or Alipay mini program. The initial release time for one-day tickets has been adjusted to 20:00 each day. After successful reservation, visitors can enter the museum by showing reservation records and valid documents. Wearing a mask is suggested.

Service hotline: 86-731-84415833/84475933 
Add.: No. 50, Dongfeng Road, Kaifu District, Changsha

Chinese source: official website of Hunan Museum
Part of english source: official website of Hunan Museum
Photo source: rednet; hunan.gov.cn