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Turpan Museum 吐鲁番博物馆Tǔlǔfān Bówùguǎn
4A scenic area · Turpan, Xinjiang
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Turpan
- Region
- Xinjiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Turpan Museum
Turpan Museum is one of China's national first-grade museums and holds finds from the oasis's ancient cities and cemeteries. Its galleries, closed since 2025 for an extension, covered Turpan's history along the Silk Road, documents excavated at Astana and other sites, ancient coins and naturally preserved mummies with their grave goods, and a separate hall showed fossils of the giant hornless rhinoceros Paraceratherium.
How to get to Turpan Museum
On Munar Road in central Turpan. The museum closed on 25 August 2025 for an extension and a new exhibition layout, so check that it has reopened before going.
Nearby
- Turpan & Jiaohe Ruins 吐鲁番交河故城 10 km
A 2,000-year-old city carved out of a river island, in China's hottest basin
Also within 20 km: Emin Minaret 苏公塔 (under 10 km), Karez Folk Custom Park 坎儿井民俗园 (under 10 km), Grape Valley 葡萄沟 (under 10 km), Turpan Karez Paradise 坎儿井乐园 (under 10 km), Huoshanhong Winery 火山红酒庄 (under 10 km).
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