The Tianjin Museum was completed and opened on December 20, 2004. It is located in the Galaxy Plaza at the intersection of Youyi Road and Pingjiang Road. It covers an area of ??57,000 square meters, a total construction area of ??35,032 square meters, and a total investment of 32,711 million, with 11,000 square meters of modern exhibition halls and fully functional cultural and leisure facilities. Its architectural shape is like a swan flapping its wings from the lake, with smooth lines, full of contemporary sense and artistry, and quite distinctive.
Tianjin Museum is a large-scale comprehensive museum of history and art established on the basis of the original Tianjin History Museum and Tianjin Art Museum. The integration of rich historical cultural relics and local historical materials with a complete range of ancient artworks has made the Tianjin Museum one of the few modern provincial museums in China, with a collection of nearly 200,000 cultural relics of various types, including bronzes, ceramics, Calligraphy, painting, jade, seals, inkstones, oracle bones, coins, historical documents, local folk crafts and other categories, among which ancient ceramics, calligraphy, paintings, inkstones, coins and modern historical relics and documents are the most prominent.
As a "non-profit" institution that integrates collection, protection, research, and exhibition and an iconic cultural facility in Tianjin, the Tianjin Museum adheres to the purpose of inheriting Chinese civilization, continuing history and culture, and protecting local art. , dedicated to providing various exquisite exhibitions to audiences at home and abroad. It not only shoulders the important responsibility of protecting the above-ground and underground material cultural heritage of the region; it is also an art palace that showcases Chinese civilization and a major place for inheriting Tianjin’s local history and culture. On the occasion of the 600th anniversary of Tianjin's founding of the People's Republic of China, the Tianjin Museum launched a large-scale historical themed exhibition "Looking at Tianjin for a Hundred Years of China"; a large-scale cultural relics themed exhibition "A Hundred Years of Collection of Treasures - Exhibition of Fine Collection Cultural Relics" and a series of special works of art. Exhibits: "Trace of Calligraphy - Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy Art", "Poems in Paintings, Paintings in Poems - Exhibition of Ming and Qing Paintings" and "National Porcelain Huacai - Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Porcelain Decoration Art", "Inkstones" Containing Confucianism and Elegance—Exhibition of Chinese Ancient Inkstone Art." Tianjin Museum presents you with a dazzling palace of ancient Chinese art; it takes you through the tunnel of time and space to truly experience Tianjin’s rich history and cultural heritage.
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