Taiyuan Museum

Taiyuan Museum
太原市博物馆

Address: No 13, Guangjing Lu, Central Culture Island, Changfeng Culture and Business Area, Taiyuan
Opening hours: 9 am – 5 pm (last entry 4 pm). Closed Mondays (except for national holidays)
General admission: Free
Tel: +86-0351-5679056

Taiyuan Museum is a comprehensive museum in China and a national second-level museum, located in North China's Shanxi province. It is primarily responsible for the collection, preservation, restoration, research, exhibition, and social education of cultural relics in the Taiyuan region. The museum, which opened on March 23, 2000, was designed by a renowned French architectural firm and the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. Xu Baojun serves as the museum director.

Inspired by Chinese red lanterns, the museum's main building consists of five independent yet interconnected elliptical, inverted cone blocks in shades of red and bronze. The museum houses 17,000 items, including 889 precious cultural relics. Its components include areas for relic storage, exhibition, academic research, public activities and leisure services, administrative offices, equipment rooms, and an underground parking garage.

Taiyuan has a rich cultural heritage, with a history of over 2,500 years. Its 200,000 historical relics, both above and below ground, include unearthed artifacts such as pottery, bronze ware, porcelain, and calligraphy. Through these historical relics, the museum aims to showcase Taiyuan's history, culture, and art.