About Us

      Founded in 1941, the Sichuan Museum has a history of 76 years. In 2009, the New Museum of Sichuan Museum was completed and opened to the public. Covering an area of more than 88 mu, the new museum integrates the functions of collection, protection, research and exhibition, Public Service, social education and cultural exchange, and is the largest comprehensive museum in southwest China, it plays an important role in public museums all over the country. In 2012, the Sichuan Museum joined the ranks of "national first-class museums" , with a collection of more than 320,000 cultural relics and an average annual audience of 1.2 million people. In 2017, the Sichuan Museum won the honorary title of "the most Innovative Museum in China" . The Sichuan Museum currently has 12 exhibition halls, including 8 permanent exhibitions on painting and calligraphy, ceramics, Prachuap Khiri Khan bronze, Sichuan National Cultural Relics, Tibetan Buddhist relics, Stone Carvings in Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, Zhang Daqian's calligraphy and painting, and Sichuan Han dynasty pottery and stone art, there are also four galleries for temporary exhibitions. Since the opening of the museum, Chuanbo has successfully held more than 130 high-level special exhibitions, which have become an important platform to showcase Sichuan's unique culture and promote historical and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.