Gansu｜Wuwei Museum

Wuwei City Museum, located at No. 25 Guzang Road, Xuanwu Street, Liangzhou District, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, is a national first-class museum that showcases the profound historical and cultural heritage and rich cultural resources of Wuwei City, Gansu Province. The Wuwei City Museum was established in September 1982; in May 2019, the new Wuwei City Museum was completed and opened; in May 2024, it was rated as a national first-class museum. The Wuwei City Museum houses 46,111 cultural relics of various types, including 1,036 precious relics, among which there are 2 national treasure-level relics, 170 first-class relics, 274 second-class relics, and 592 third-class relics. The museum is particularly notable for its Han and Tang Silk Road relics, Western Xia relics, Buddhist relics from various dynasties, and ethnic minority relics. The total number of collections is second only to the Gansu Provincial Museum and the Gansu Bamboo Slips Museum.