Hainan Museum

The entire museum area covers 40,000 square metres. The first phase contains 18,000 square meters comprising the following: • 8,000-metre exhibition area • Cultural relics storage • Technical rooms • Service facilities • Small office buildings The second phase of the project is in planning. It will have an area of 7,000 square meters and will contain the "Huaguangjiao One" shipwreck, where it will be restored and protected. It will house approximately 10,000 pieces of porcelain and other cultural relics and specimens pertaining to the history of the South China Sea, the maritime Silk Road, and items relating to geopolitics. It will also contain marine organisms and examples of mineral resources. ==Collections==

Presently, the museum has over 20,000 items including cultural relics and multimedia. ==Exhibitions==

Permanent There are four basic permanent exhibitions: • Collected Cultural Relics • History of Hainan • Minority Nationalities in Hainan • Intangible Cultural Heritage in Hainan Thematic The museum has presented approximately 20 thematic exhibitions, including: • Two Decades’ Development (exhibition on Hainan's Achievements in Building the Province and the Special Economic Zone in the Past Two Decades) • Charm of Masters in Literature of the 20th Century • Exhibition of Masterpieces of Asian Museum of Watercolor Art • National Treasure Exhibition • Exhibition of High and New Tech of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University ==Visitor information==

Hainan Museum is open from 09:00 to 17:00. It is closed on Mondays. Entrance is free with a maximum of 3,000 tickets issued daily, until 16:30. Identification is required to obtain a ticket. Professional narrators and self-service audio guides are available in Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian and other languages. ==Partner museums==

Hainan Museum is partnered with: • National Museum of China • Salon d'Automne • Shanxi Museum • Shandong Museum • Nanjing Museum • Hunan Museum ==See also==