As the largest history and art museum in Hunan Province, the Hunan Museum covers a total area of 110,556.3 square meters, including 91,252 square meters for the main exhibition building, 10,408 square meters of the southern building, and 8,896.3 square meters of the Miluo Base, which is currently under construction. It is one of the first batch of national first-level museums and one of the first eight national museums co-funded by central and local governments.

The museum houses over 570,000 artifacts. Among these, the most representative collections include the cultural relics excavated from the world-famous Mawangdui Han Dynasty Tombs; bronze wares of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties; cultural relics of Chu State; pottery and porcelain, calligraphy and painting works of various dynasties; and, cultural relics in modern times.  

Plain unlined gauze gown with a straight hem. (Photo provided by the Hunan Museum)

T-shaped silk painting. (Photo provided by the Hunan Museum)

Min Fanglei from the Shang Dynasty (1600BC-1046BC). (Photo/Voice of Hunan)

Chinese source: Voice of Hunan

Photo source: hunan.gov.cn