introduce
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum is located in Shayibak District, Urumqi City, and is a provincial museum in Xinjiang. The museum displays the history of Xinjiang and the folk customs of various ethnic groups. There are also rare domestic exhibitions such as the mummy museum. The exhibits are very characteristic of Xinjiang. It can be seen here, and it is an unmissable attraction in Urumqi.
The museum is a modern three-story building, but it also incorporates Xinjiang's architectural styles such as arched windows and domes, which are very characteristic. There are several permanent exhibition halls in the museum. The first floor is the Xinjiang Ethnic Customs Exhibition and the Xinjiang Ancient Historical Relics Exhibition; the second floor is divided into left and right sides, the left side is the textile exhibition hall of the past dynasties and the theme exhibition of "Forever Together with the Motherland", and the right side is the ancient mummy exhibition and white jade exhibition hall. In addition, there are often some temporary exhibitions and displays in the museum, you can go to watch them if you catch up.
The Xinjiang Ethnic Customs Exhibition Hall is on the first floor. It introduces the folk customs of 12 major ethnic groups in Xinjiang, including Uyghur, Kazakh, Mongolian, and Xibe. Inside, you can see their musical instruments, daily necessities, felt houses, hats, scarves, etc. The characteristic costumes are mostly brightly colored and have the customs of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. The more characteristic houses are the houses of the Xibe people. Since the people migrated from the northeast, it can be seen that there are traditional heated kangs in the northeast in the houses they live in. In addition, furniture and tableware full of Russian style are also very distinctive.
The Xinjiang Ancient History and Cultural Relics Exhibition displays a variety of unearthed cultural relics along the Silk Road from ancient times to the present, including many Central Plains artifacts from the Han and Tang dynasties, which are very characteristic of ancient China. There are also many cultural relics in the Western Regions. You can see murals of angels and other images, and there are many objects with characteristics of the Western Regions.
The mummy display on the second floor and the "Forever with the Motherland" display are the essence of the exhibition in the museum. The mummy museum displays the corpses of ancient people thousands of years ago. Due to the dry climate in Xinjiang, these corpses have been preserved from corruption and are very precious. Among them, the "Loulan Beauty" ancient corpse is one of the essence of the whole museum. In the "Together with the Motherland Forever" exhibition, there are precious cultural relics such as the "Five Stars Out of the East" brocade, Han Guiyi and Qiang Changyin, among which the "Five Stars out of the East" brocade is even more precious. .
opening hours
All year round Tuesday to Sunday 10:30-19:00 (last admission 18:00) Closed on Monday
must see tips
1. Free explanations are provided in the museum. The explanation time is once a day at 10:00, 11:00, 15:00, and 16:00 in summer (April 15-October 15), and once in winter (October 16). April 14, 2009) at 10:30, 11:30, 15:00, and 16:00 every day, and visits can be arranged according to the explanation time.
2. The security check in the museum is strict, and lighters, water, etc. are not allowed to be brought in, and can be stored at the door. There is a commodity department on the first floor of the museum, where you can buy drinking water at a low price.
3. You can take pictures in the museum, but in order to protect cultural relics, it is strictly forbidden to use flashlights, you need to pay attention.
