Tianjin Museum
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Tianjin Museum
Tianjin Museum stands on the Galaxy Plaza, a junction where Friendship Road in Hexi District and Pingjiangdao Road meet. The museum contains nearly 200,000 articles, including historical relics and modern historical documents. The museum also has 200,000 books The historical relics include ancient bronze wares and ceramics, calligraphies, paintings, jades, seals, Chinese stationery, oracle bones, coins, stamps, Dunhuang manuscripts, bamboo and wooden wares, ivories and horn wares, and folk arts and crafts. Among these, ancient ceramics, calligraphies, paintings, ink slabs, coins, modern historical relics and documents are the highlights. Three Standing Exhibition Halls Selected Rare Relics (耀世奇珍) – Rare Treasures The selected rare relics of the museum are on display in an exhibition hall which covers an area of 840 square meters. These relics include ancient bronze wares, jades, calligraphies, paintings, porcelain, arts and crafts, and articles of this kind. Among these, there are 63 representative treasures. Origins of the Tianjin Culture (天津人文的由来) – Ancient Tianjin The Origins of the Tianjin Culture is one of the basic exhibition halls in Tianjin Museum. The collections in this exhibition hall generally show people Tianjin’s historical development process of more than 10,000 years, from the Old Stone Age to the semi-late Qing Dynasty, and reveals its tortuous development from a wasteland to the city that many rivers, including canals, run through. Tianjin and Modern China (中华百年看天津) – Modern Tianjin The collections in the Tianjin and Modern China exhibition hall show Tianjin’s development in the 100 years from the Opium Wars to the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Besides, there are eight relics-themed exhibition halls which display calligraphies, paintings, jades, the Chinese blessing culture, Chinese stationery, and folk arts and crafts. Tianjin Museum is free to everyone. With the proper documentation, you can get a ticket at the ticket office. Opening hours: 9 am-4.30 pm (Tuesdays-Sundays). Tickets cannot be issued after 4 pm.
Tianjin Museum
I was nominated as one of the participants in a design competition for a museum to be built in Tianjin, China. However, I was dumbfounded when I received the competition brief. There seemed to be a complete absence of program to guide the design. That is to say, there was nothing about the content and quantity of the collection, or the management systems, or the scale and budget for the museum. Moreover, the strangest thing was that the site had not even been decided. Though not so surprising given the circumstances in China, I was utterly astonished by the single sentence that gave the only design requirement. This is what it said: “The architecture must embody the dignity of Tianjin, China.” While being at a loss, I was greatly influenced by this sentence. Thinking about it, this was a greater boon than any architect deserves. So I set my imagination on the wing. The secret is that a single bird flying through the polluted air of the dark grey sky above the site provided me with that wing. The moment I saw that swan-like bird, the architecture was instantly born. Probably before or since, I have never worked like this as an architect. I submitted my design proposal with the name “Swanium.” Incidentally, in their official announcement, the competition jury made only a single comment: “Too beautiful.” Location Floor Site area Building area Total area Completion Date ： Tianjin CHINA ： 3F ： 50,200m2 ： 18,667m2 ： 33,949m2 ： 2004
Tianjin Museum
Tianjin Museum lying in Yinhe Plaza in the Hexi District is the largest museum in Tianjin. Covering an area of more than 50,000 sq meters, it exhibits a range of precious cultural and historical relics. The museum is now functioning as a modern building for the art collection, as well as a place for education, leisure and sightseeing. Why the Tianjin Museum is special Due to the unique architectural style of the museum, whose appearance resembles that of a swan spreading its wings, the museum is becoming one of the city' iconic buildings. The three-story building is a combination of Chinese and Japanese architectural style. Besides enjoying the rare historical collections, visitors could also have a chance to see the sunshine coming from the feather-shaped skylight in the dome. Tianjin Museum highlights Tianjin Museum has an extensive collection of ancient Chinese fine arts and relics reflecting Tianjin's history. There are nearly 200,000 collections of precious historical and cultural art and relics, including calligraphy, paintings, bronze ware, ceramics, jade ware, seals, ink stone, Jiagu (bones or tortoise shells with inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty), coins, historic documents, local folk art works, and so on. Tianjin Museum enjoys a good reputation in China as well as abroad. There are three permanent exhibition halls, respectively the Rare Treasures (exhibiting ancient bronze wares, jades, calligraphies, paintings, porcelain, arts and crafts, and articles of this kind), the Ancient Tianjin (exhibiting Tianjin’s history from the Old Stone Age to the semi-late Qing Dynasty), and the Modern Tianjin (showing Tianjin’s development in the last 100 years from the Opium Wars to the founding of the People’s Republic of China.). Besides, there are eight relics-themed exhibition halls which display calligraphies, paintings, jades, the Chinese blessing culture, Chinese stationery, and folk arts and crafts. Travel tips： Address: Yinhe Square, Tianjin, China Opening hours: 9:00 am - 16:30 pm (closed on Monday) How to get there: Take Buses No. 662, 668, 686, 868, 912, 835, 800, 47. Or take Metro Line 5 or 6 and get off at Wenhua Zhongxin Station; take Metro Line 10 and get off at Yinhe Square Station.
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1 Tianjin Museum is the largest museum in Tianjin, China, exhibiting a range of cultural and historical relics significant to Tianjin.
2 Tianjin Museum is the largest museum in Tianjin, China, exhibiting a range of cultural and historical relics significant to Tianjin.
3 The Tianjin Museum has an extensive collection of ancient Chinese fine arts and exhibits on Tianjin's history. There are nearly 200,000 collections of valuable historical and cultural art and relics, including calligraphy, paintings, bronze ware, ceramics, jade ware, seals, ink stone, Jiagu (bones or tortoise shells with inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty), coins, historic documents and relics of modern times, local folk art and so on, among which there are nearly 1000 first-class cultural relics.