The Lushun Museum is located in the museum park in Lvshunkou District, Dalian. The museum has a rich collection and a long history. It is second to none among many museums in Dalian. Here, you can not only see domestic cultural relics such as ancient Chinese currency, bronzes, ceramic jades, and Buddhist art statues, but also see art exhibits such as ancient Indian stone carvings, calligraphy and paintings and ceramics of Asian countries such as North Korea and Japan. The exhibition of Xinjiang cultural relics in the museum, especially the Xinjiang mummy thousands of years ago, is a treasure in the collection and is well worth seeing. The Lushun Museum is two adjacent European-style buildings, namely the main building and the branch building. It takes about 3 hours to visit all of them. This museum was built by the Japanese during the Japanese occupation in 1917. The layout and decoration inside still retain the style of that time. The simple and unsophisticated chandeliers and the independent wooden vertical display cabinets with glass are full of a sense of the times everywhere, allowing you to enjoy this characteristic old building while viewing the exhibits. The first floor of the main building mainly displays ancient currency, bronze mirrors, Buddhist art statues, Xinjiang cultural relics, and temporary exhibitions of calligraphy and painting. Among them, the unearthed cultural relics in Xinjiang are characteristic collections, showing cultural relics related to the Silk Road. Among them, Buddhist cultural relics can be called excellent works. The items unearthed from the Astana-Karakhoja ancient tombs in Turpan and the mummy more than a thousand years ago are even rarer. These were obtained by the “Central Asian Expedition Team” organized by the Japanese in the Western Regions expedition in 1912. The collections on the second floor of the main building mainly include various ancient bronzes, lacquerware handicrafts, enamel handicrafts, and ancient artworks with exquisite craftsmanship such as bamboo carvings, wood carvings, and ivory carvings. The first floor of the branch building displays unearthed cultural relics in Dalian area. You can see vertebrate fossils found in the ancient Longshan site in Wafangdian and bone pieces and stone products made by people at that time. Various unearthed cultural relics from the Shang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty can make you have a deeper understanding of the ancient civilization of the Liaodong Peninsula. There is also an exhibition area of chopstick culture. All kinds of chopsticks will surely open your eyes. The exhibits on the second floor of the branch building mainly come from other Asian countries. You can enjoy ancient Japanese calligraphy and painting works, ancient Korean ceramic art, ancient and modern Japanese ceramic artworks, and ancient Indian stone carving artworks. Ancient Indian stone carving art is mainly Buddhist stone carvings. You can see some Buddha statue carvings. At that time, the Buddhist statue craftsmanship from the late Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty in China was deeply influenced by it.
Opening hours: From November 1st to March 31st, Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00 – 16:00; closed all day on Monday from November 1st to March 31st; from April 1st to October 31st, Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00 – 16:30; closed all day on Monday from April 1st to October 31st; open from 09:00 to 16:30 on New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day. From July to September, the opening hours on Saturdays and Sundays are: 9:00 – 18:30 (no admission after 18:00). Must-see tips: There are also attractions such as the former site exhibition hall of the Kwantung Army Command and the Sino-Soviet Friendship Memorial Tower next to the Lushun Museum. You can take a look by the way. It is also very close to the Junangang Park and Baiyu Mountain.
