The Jianchuan Museum Cluster is located in Anren, Sichuan in Dayi, part of Chengdu and about a one hour drive from downtown Chengdu. It consists of 15 museums which showcase China's largest private collection of artefacts amassed during the last 60–70 years.
The complex features more than two million historical and cultural artefacts, mainly from the founder, Dr. Fan Jianchuan’s personal collection, and has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as an example of “the increasing openness about the way recent history is viewed in China.” The Jianchuan Museum Cluster, founded by Dr. Jianchuan Fan, is located in Anren, a national-class historical and cultural town in Chengdu, Sichuan. With a total footage of 500 acres (2.0 km2), the museum cluster is made up of 15 museums. It has a rich repository of over 8 million pieces of artifacts, with 121 of them classified as Class-One National Treasures. This is the largest museum cluster in China.
The museums are organized by four major themes: Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), the ‘Red era’, the Wenchuan Earthquake, and Folklore & Culture. We exhibit items from the war to promote peace; present teachings from the past to develop a better future; recreate scenes of natural disasters to remember the past and prepare for the future; collect items of folklore and traditions to reflect the soul of the people.
The Jianchuan Museum Cluster espouses the philosophy of “viewing artifacts at leisure, thus appeasing both mind and body”. Besides strolling through exhibits from China’s last century, visitors can also enjoy our restaurants, accommodation, entertainment, shopping, and meeting/conference facilities.