Xinjiang Museum

The Xinjiang Museum was established in August 1959. The current museum building was built and opened for public on September 20, 2005. ==Exhibits==

The museum has been set up to show the four major exhibits: "Recover the Western Region's Glory of Yesterday – the exhibit of the historical cultural relics in Xinjiang", "the exhibit of Xinjiang's ethnic customs", "The Mummies of the Immortal World – the exhibit of the ancient mummies of Xinjiang", “The Historical Monuments – the exhibit of Xinjiang's revolutionary history”. ==Gallery==

File:Xinjiang museum urumqi inside 2006.jpg|Inside the museum File:Xinjiang Regional Museum (23345572703).jpg|An exhibit at the Xinjiang Region Museum File:Anonymous-Fuxi and Nüwa3.jpg|Fuxi and, his sister and wife, Nüwa File:YingpanKharoshthi.jpg|Kharosthi script File:Living scene.jpg|The life depicted on the tomb wall (Astana Cemetery) File:Bronze Warrior Statue without shade.jpg|Statuette of a Greek soldier, from a 3rd-century BCE burial site north of the Tian Shan File:Wooden Stick with Old Uyghur Alphabet.jpg|A wooden bar inscribed with Old Uyghur text File:Yingpan man (detail).jpg|Yingpan man ==See also==