Located besides the Big
Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city of Xi'an, The Xi'an Museum is
China's first national museum equipped with modern facilities.
The construction on the museum
started in 1983 and the museum was opened to domestic and foreign tourists in
1991.
The museum has an ancient and
elegant structure. It has a magnificent scale and an excellent combination of
ancient architecture and modern technology. It also takes the architectural
style of palace halls at the center and lofty towers at the four corners.
It looks ancient, refined, elegant, dignified and impressive. The museum is the
masterpiece of famous ancient architect Ms. Zhang Jinqiu, the student of Liang
Sicheng, the great architect in China.
The museum takes up an area of 70,000 square
meters, of which 56,000 are for the main structure and 11,000 are for the
exhibition halls. Along the 1,500-meter exhibition line are permanent
exhibitions, special exhibitions and temporary
exhibitions.