Liaoyuan Museum is a patriotism education base. It was planned in 2002, completed and exhibited in 2008. The original site is at the foot of Kuixing Tower on Longshou Mountain. There are 15,475 cultural relics in the museum, including 4 first-class cultural relics, 17 second-class cultural relics and 68 third-class cultural relics. In September 2021, with the support of Liaoyuan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, Liaoyuan Museum moved to the Southern New City. The new building has a construction area of 15,885 square meters, 3 floors above ground and 1 floor underground. [1][5][6]
In October 2006, Liaoyuan Museum was completed and opened to the public. Liaoyuan Museum focuses on the distinctive local cultural relics. Important exhibits include bronze curved blade daggers and bronze axes from the Bronze Age, copper-handled iron swords unearthed from the Changxing Tomb of the Han Dynasty, Tianqing inscribed bronze mirrors and four-eared coarse porcelain bottles from the Liao and Jin Dynasties, Qing Dynasty edicts from the Qianlong period, and folk cultural relics and altars of the Manchu people. According to the Chinese Museum Annals, Liaoyuan Museum has a total of 1,130 cultural relics, including 4 first-level collections, 17 second-level collections, and 47 third-level collections. As of the end of 2019, Liaoyuan Museum had 15,475 pieces/sets of collections, including 89 precious cultural relics/sets.
Liaoyuan Museum is one of the patriotism education bases. In August 2024, it was recognized as a national third-level museum.