Chengdu News

So far, the Sichuan Museum's main construction works are completed. The museum will be open to the public at the end of this year. More than 160000 artefacts can thus live in their cosy "home". It is learnt that in terms of the building size and the facilities offered, the Sichuan Museum has already topped the 17 new museums.

The new museum is located in the Chengdu Huanhua Nature Reserve. With a total investment of 300 million yuan, the museum occupies a land aread of 87.9 mu in total, while the building itself occupies an area of about 32000 square metres. This area is already 4 times larger than the old building. The construction of the new museum building started in April 2005.