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[2025 Urumqi Attraction] Travel Guide for The Xinjiang Museum (Updated Mar)

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The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum is located in Saybagh District, Urumqi, and is a provincial museum in Xinjiang. The museum displays the history of Xinjiang and the folk customs of various ethnic groups, as well as rare exhibitions in China such as the Mummy Museum. The exhibits are very Xinjiang-style, and the famous "Loulan Beauty" ancient corpse, "Five Stars Rising from the East" Han Dynasty brocade and other cultural relics can also be seen here. It is a must-see attraction in Urumqi.The museum is a modern three-story building, but it also incorporates Xinjiang's arched windows, domes and other architectural styles, which is very distinctive. 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 all dynasties and the "Forever with the Motherland" theme exhibition, and the right side is the ancient mummy exhibition and the white jade exhibition hall. In addition, there are often some temporary exhibitions and displays in the museum, so you can go and see them if you catch up.The Xinjiang National Customs Exhibition Hall is on the first floor, introducing the folk customs of 12 major ethnic groups in Xinjiang, including Uygur, Kazakh, Mongolian, and Xibe. You can see their musical instruments, daily necessities, and felt houses, as well as hats, scarves and other special clothing, most of which are colorful and full of Xinjiang ethnic customs. The houses of the Xibe people are more distinctive. Since the people migrated from the Northeast, you can see that the houses they live in still have the traditional Northeast heated kang. In addition, the 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 from 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 from the Western Regions, including murals of angels and other images, and many objects with Western characteristics. These are the unique cultural relics of Western Xinjiang as a link between the East and the West, which should not be missed.The exhibition of mummies and the exhibition "Forever with the Motherland" on the second floor are the highlights of the museum. The mummies museum displays the corpses of ancient people thousands of years ago. Due to the dry climate in Xinjiang, these corpses have been preserved to this day without decay, and are very precious. Among them, the ancient corpse of "Loulan Beauty" is one of the highlights of the whole museum. In the exhibition "Forever with the Motherland", there are precious cultural relics such as the "Five Stars Rising from the East" brocade and the Han Guiyi Qiang Chang Seal. Among them, the "Five Stars Rising from the East" brocade is even more precious, and the legend about it is very exciting, so you must learn about it.

Address:
No. 581, Northwest Road, Shayibake District, Urumqi
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hours
Phone:
0991-4552826,0991-4536436
Ticket Price
Free entry
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