The architectural features of the Hunan Provincial Museum are that the Hunan Provincial Museum covers an area of ??49,000 square meters, with a construction area of ??91,000 square meters, including an exhibition hall area of ??27,265 square meters and a cultural relic storage and protection area of ??14,550 square meters. The Hunan Provincial Museum has two basic exhibitions: "Changsha Mawangdui Han Tomb Exhibition" and "Hunanese - Sanxiang History and Culture Exhibition" and four thematic exhibition halls on bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, and crafts.
The Hunan Provincial Museum began to set up special exhibitions on July 10, 2010. As of January 15, 2021, it has held 51 special exhibitions, including Prairie Pastoral - Essence of Khitan Cultural Relics Exhibition, Paintings Art for Thousands of Years - An Exhibition of Fine Paintings from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties Collection at Tianjin Museum, Collection Exhibition at the Uffizi Museum in Italy: 15th to 20th Century, The Beauty of Silver Jewelry - An Exhibition of Miao Silver Jewelry from Hunan, Guangxi and Guizhou Provinces, Meeting a Friend in the Mountains and Flowing Waters, The Third The 1st Art Changsha, Mysterious Tibet in Foguangli, Native Americans: Maya, Inca and North American Aboriginals, Going Modern - 300th Anniversary of British Art Exhibition, 4th Art Changsha Biennale, Revival of Bronze Art, Tuscany Light and Shadow, Crystal Fire Legend - European Glass Art Treasures Exhibition, Appreciation of the 20th Century Collection of the European Pioneer Entrington Museum, Royal Kiln Code - Special Exhibition of Ming Dynasty Royal Porcelain, Car Photography: American Car Culture, North American Aboriginals Art Exhibition, Masters Beyond the Masters - 19th Century European Classical Realistic Oil Painting Exhibition, Eating Western Food and Transforming into a Style with Unique Charm - Special Exhibition on the 115th Anniversary of the Birth of Guan Liang, Collection of Three Hunan and Four Rivers - Hunan Excavators, Exhibition of Bronze Wares of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Restoration Master - The Calligraphy World of He Shaoji, Among Heaven and Earth - Henan Cultural Relics and Treasures Exhibition, Xiaoxiang Feelings - Modern Famous Hunan
Exhibition of family paintings, Calligraphy and Ink Casting - Exhibition of Wu Bangsheng's calligraphy and painting works, Qi Baishi: China's Picasso, The East is White - Joint Exhibition of Cultural Relics of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Looking for Hometown in the Farthest Place - China and Italy from the 13th to 16th Centuries Cross-cultural exchanges, Xinglai’s painting creates haze—Huang Dingchu’s paintings and donated works exhibition, “Future-I’ll Come” International Children’s Painting Exhibition, Nine Days of Flower Rain—Ke Tongzhi’s Flower and Bird Painting Exhibition, Mustard Boat Marks—Liu Hongzhou Painting Exhibition , Huan Wuji - The Painting Art of Yang Gospel, Pharaohs·Gods·Mummies - Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Cultural Relics, Kite Continuous - Entering the Painting World of Wu Guanzhong, National Treasures from Afghanistan, Hidden Sea Shells - Hunan Folk Collection of fine works (since the Ming and Qing Dynasties) exhibition, exhibition of calligraphy and painting works donated by Mr. Yan Jialong Zou Chuan'an, Root and Soul - Chinese Civilization Story Exhibition, Painting Myself - Exhibition of Qi Baishi's paintings in the collection, Echoes of Chu Sao - Liu Yiyuan's ink art exhibition, Return to Truth - —Exhibition of modern ceramic works by Zhang Jitao, Great Love and Great Beauty—Exhibition of Xu Beihong, Zhou Lingzhao, and Dai Ze’s artistic achievements, China in the New Era: Innovating Hunan into the World—Thematic Exhibition of Hunan’s Development Achievements in Anniversary of the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, Thousand Years of Ink— Chinese Bamboo Calligraphy Exhibition, Experience and Strategies - Special Exhibitions such as the 7th "Art Changsha" in 2019, From Renaissance to Impressionism: 500 Years of European Painting, Ancient Peruvian Civilization Exhibition - Exploring the origins of the Inca Empire.