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Biggest museum in SW China to be built in Chengdu

By Zhang Ao (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-12-19 15:27
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Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, is going to build the largest museum in Southwest China. It will occupy an area of over 65,000 square meters.

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There will be more than 200,000 cultural relics in the new museum, including bronze wares, gold and silver wares, pottery, stone and brick carvings, paintings and leather-silhouettes. Construction is expected to take more than two years. When the museum opens to the public, admission will be free.

"We will let the relics talk via multimedia and three-dimensional technology", said Wang Yi, director of Chengdu Musuem.
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