West Lake Museum

Not to be confused with Zhejiang Provincial Museum, which was known as the West Lake Museum in 1929-1953.

Museum in Hangzhou, China

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West Lake Museum

Chinese: 西湖博物馆

West Lake Museum in 2015

West Lake Museum

Location within Zhejiang

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West Lake Museum

West Lake Museum (China)

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Established| October 2005; 19 years ago (2005-10)
Coordinates| 30°14′18″N 120°9′46″E﻿ / ﻿30.23833°N 120.16278°E﻿ / 30.23833; 120.16278

The West Lake Museum (Chinese: 西湖博物馆) is a museum in Hangzhou, China concerning aspects of the West Lake.[1] There are four main exhibition areas in the hall introducing the amongst others the landscape, humanity and historical influence of the West Lake.

## Exhibition area

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The museum covers an area of 20144 square meters with its principal part being 7920 square meters.[2] Three-fourths of the structure is underground and the structure area above ground is only 1980 square meters. A large area of the museum uses the steel frame glass structure which is good to gather light.

In the museum, the exhibition hall covers an area of 2875 square meters and the exhibition length is up to 310 meters. There are altogether 516 pictures and 389 items on display.

The West Lake Museum was open to the public in October, 2005. Now, it is free for everyone to visit it.[3][4]

## References

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1. ^ "Hangzhou to Build West Lake Museum". China.org.cn. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
2. ^ "Introduction". West Lake Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
3. ^ "杭州西湖博物馆". Book-hotel.cn. 2010-01-20.
4. ^ Ignacio Villarreal (2011-09-19). "Sotheby's in Hong Kong announces 20th century Chinese art autumn auction". Artdaily.org. Retrieved 2011-10-08.

## External links

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* Official website (in Chinese)
* The Introduction of West Lake Museum