Release Date:2024-11-29
Shaanxi Advances the High-Quality Development of Museums

On November 28, Shaanxi Provincial People's Government Press Office held a press conference. Sun Zhouyong, Deputy Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage of Shaanxi Province, and Li Juan, Director of the Department of Museums and Social Antiquities.

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Since the end of 013, the number of Shaanxi museums has steadily increased from 221 to 360, with annual average visitors growing from more than 33 million to more than 72 million.

The Qin Shihuangling Copper Car Horse Museum, Shaanxi Archaeological Museum and Shaanxi History Museum Qinhan Pavilion have been opened to the public.

In 5 years, a total of 28,000 artifacts were restored (group) and 10.06 million artifacts were identified (group).

Supports visitors from 39 countries and regions to purchase tickets for more than 10 cultural institutions such as Qin Xi’an City Wall, etc.

More than 600 exhibitions are held annually, 30 of which won awards in the Top Ten Exhibitions of National Museums and 30 selected as “Socialist Core Values” theme.

Every year, more than 400 popular creative products are developed and market recognition gradually climbs.

More than 500 exhibitions have been held in 52 countries and regions.

Xi'an City Wall and other cultural institutions, including the Hanzhong City Museum, Baoji Bronze Museum and many other domestic museums, emphasized that "a museum is a big school", pointed out that "the exhibition of historical artifacts, in order to witness history, to enlighten the posterity of history, to inspire the posterity", demanded that "museum construction should be better, better system, at the same time play the educational function of good museum".


Shaanxi Provincial Committee and provincial government attach great importance to the development of museum business, continuous support for policy initiatives, institutional preparation, funding input and other aspects.


Since the end of 2013, the number of museums has steadily grown from 221 to 360, with annual average visitors growing from more than 33 million to more than 72 million.

Sun Zhouyong presents from five aspects about the work of Shaanxi Museum in recent years.

1Adhere to integrated layout, perfect museum system "root"


With the goal of improving public cultural service system, the national planning and deployment requirements to strengthen the top-level design, the "14th Five-Year Plan" of Shaanxi Museum Business Development.

There are also some active explorations and attempts in various municipalities (districts). The city of Xi'an constructing a museum city, introducing measures to support the development of industry museums and non-state-owned museums.

At the same time, in accordance with the principle of "integrated layout, scientific planning, focus and step-by-step implementation", actively promote the construction of museums.

The first is to make strong provincial museum, play its role as a demonstration benchmark. Qin Xi'an Huangling Copper Car Horse Museum, Shaanxi Archaeology Museum and Qin Han Pavilion have been opened to the public.

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Shaanxi Museum of History

The second is to do fine city-level museum, play its radiation belt action. The city-level comprehensive museums such as Copperchuan and Yan'an, Shaanxi Yellow River Culture, Stone Ruins, Tongwancheng Ruins, Suide Revolution Memorial Museum and other special museums have been opened to the public.

The third is to do fine grass-roots museums and community museums. The construction of Linyu, Xixiang, Dingbian and other county-level museums has accelerated.

2Strong base book to build the "fundamental" of museum business


Over the past five years, Hanzhong Museum, Famen Temple Museum and other 200 museum exhibitions, cultural relics warehouses, guided tours, service facilities, etc.


With scientific and technological protection as the support, we continuously strengthen the scientificization, normalization, standardization and information construction of museum collections.

On-line the transportable relics management platform in Shaanxi Province, and continuously promote the digital protection of precious movable artifacts in the province, establish a municipal transportable relics resource data center.

Over the past five years, a total of 28,000 artifacts (groups) have been restored and 10.06 million artifacts identified (groups). At the same time, 5 national key research bases and 33 domestic antiquities science laboratories are fully utilized.


3Insist on integration and innovation


Focusing on the cultural needs of the people, constantly stimulates the vitality of the museum, promote the development of the museum from "inadequate, not enough" to "good, not refined", to provide high-quality and differentiated museum culture products and services.




In order to better enhance the sense of visitation experience for both domestic and foreign visitors, we set up a platform for integration services. We support visitors from 39 countries and regions to purchase tickets for more than 10 Wenbo units such as Qin Shi Emperor’s Ling Museum and Xi’an City Wall.


The exhibition was held annually over 600 exhibitions, 30 of which were won in the Top Ten Exhibitions of National Museums and 30 of which were selected as the theme “Core Values of Socialism”.

In order to promote the integration of museum education into the national education system, it organizes 10,000 times a year various outstanding cultural "Six Entry" activities.


4Insist on open sharing, blooming artifacts to use "flower"


With 10 national and provincial pilot units, more than 400 products are developed every year. The market recognition is gradually increasing.


Shaanxi History Museum empowers economic development and boosts industrial upgrading through joint names with brands such as catering, gold ornaments and household goods.


Through the implementation of more than 30 projects such as “Cloud Exhibition” and “Internet + Heritage Education”, we gradually realize digital resource sharing of artifacts, using a more “grounded gas” way to “live” artifacts, enabling hundreds of millions of viewers to enjoy museum cultural services online.



Launched 4 digital virtual people as "Shaanxi Heritage Wisdom Recommendation Officer", creating Zhou Qinhantang digital simulation courses, picture books, games and other enterprises.


5Consist on exchange, reaping the “fruits” of Chinese civilization


With an international perspective and open-mindedness, the Belt and Road Initiative builds a diverse interactive platform to promote exchanges and cooperation with foreign scientific institutions such as France, Britain, Italy and other overseas research institutes, exhibitions, education publicity, academic research and more.


Alicante Archaeological Museum in Spain hosts heritage exhibition of China's Qinhan civilization


The cultural heritage outreach project has been held in 52 countries and regions, with more than 500 exhibitions. The social education activities of Emperor Qin Shi’s Tomb Museum have entered Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States.


Hanjing Diyang Mausoleum Museum Education Project was awarded the "Best Educational Practice Case of 2022" by the International Expo Association. The cooperation between China and France is integrated into high-level humanities exchange mechanism, multichannel enhance the international communication influence of China's outstanding traditional culture.


In order to promote the creation of Shaanxi’s characteristics, Chinese style and world-class museum, we will contribute to the construction of cultural power and strive to create a new chapter of high quality development in Shaanxi.