The Jinzhou Museum is located on the north side of Guta Historical and Cultural Park in Jinzhou. It is a local comprehensive museum.
At the beginning of its establishment, the museum was located within the ancient architectural complex of Guangji Temple. In recent years, a new building for the Jinzhou Museum has been constructed and officially opened in December 2001. The new museum building is seamlessly integrated with the ancient architectural complex of Guangji Temple, covering an area of more than 13,000 square meters.
The collections of the Jinzhou Museum are divided into 16 categories, including porcelain, bronzes, calligraphy and paintings, etc., with more than 10,000 pieces in total. Among them, there are many first- and second-class cultural relics, as well as some unique national cultural relics.
The Jinzhou Museum has basic exhibitions such as “The Loyal Souls of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895”, “The Historical Civilization of the Liaoxi Corridor”, “Exhibition of Fine Museum Collections”, “Liaoxi Folk Customs”, “Museum Porcelain Collections”, “Religious Art”, and “The Song of the Liaoxi Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army”. At the same time, it has also introduced exhibitions such as “Liaoxi Paleontological Fossils” and “Cultural Relics Unearthed from Daoguang 25”. There are Chinese and English explanations to match the exhibition content.
Opening hours: Open from 09:00 – 16:00, Tuesday – Sunday throughout the year; Closed all day on Monday throughout the year; Open from 09:00 – 16:00 on New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day