Guangdong Museum

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Guangdong Museum.

The Guangdong Museum (Chinese: 广东博物馆新馆; Mandarin Pinyin: Guǎngdōng bówùguǎn xīn guǎn; Jyutping: gwong2 dung1 bok3 mat6 gun2 san1 gun2) is public museum in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.[1] It is located in Zhujiang New Town of Guangzhou. [2] It is designed by Rocco Design Architects Limited.

Location

Guangdong museum is situated by the northern banks of the Pearl River in the centre of Tianhe District, the Central Business District of Guangzhou.[3][4][5]

History

The museum has recently completed construction in 2010. The museum opened on May 18, 2010 to the public.[1]

Developed by Arup, the Guangdong Museum covers a total floor area of 66,980 square metres.[4] The five storey building consist of four large exhibition halls with a collection of over 130,000 exhibits.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_37/node_85/2010/05/17/127406955276579.shtml
  2. ↑ 省博新馆开馆五千市民挤爆, news.163.com
  3. ↑ news.china.com.cn
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://www.arup.com/Projects/Guangdong_Museum.aspx
  5. ↑ http://www1.www.gov.cn/jrzg/2010-05/17/content_1607889.htm

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