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Three Gorges Museum 重庆中国三峡博物馆Chóngqìng Zhōngguó Sānxiá Bówùguǎn
4A scenic area · Chongqing, Chongqing
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chongqing
- Region
- Chongqing
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Three Gorges Museum
Chongqing's main history museum, opened in 2005 on People's Square opposite the People's Auditorium and one of China's national first-grade museums. Its four core galleries cover the Three Gorges, the ancient Ba people of the region, the growth of Chongqing as a city and its wartime years, and much of the collection comes from excavations in the area flooded by the Three Gorges Dam. Further galleries show paintings, ceramics, coins and Han-dynasty sculpture.
How to get to Three Gorges Museum
On People's Square in Shangqingsi, Yuzhong District, about 500 m from Zengjiayan station (Lines 2 and 10) and People's Auditorium (Dalitang) station (Line 10). Closed on Mondays.
Nearby
- Hongyadong & Chongqing Night Views 洪崖洞 under 10 km
A cliffside stack of stilt houses glowing gold over the river every night
Also within 20 km: Chongqing People's Auditorium & People's Square 重庆人民大礼堂 (under 10 km), Guiyuan 桂园 (under 10 km), Teyuan (Museum of the History of China's Democratic Parties) 特园 (under 10 km), Chongqing Negotiations Sites (Yiyuan) 重庆谈判旧址群 (under 10 km), Soong Ching-ling's Former Residence (China Defence League Headquarters) 宋庆龄旧居 (under 10 km), Former Legislative Yuan, Judicial Yuan and Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission 国民政府立法院、司法院及蒙藏委员会旧址 (under 10 km).
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