This small museum is located in the one surviving tower on the southeast corner of what remains of the Ming era city wall. It features artifacts found locally, and especially items from the 1900 Yihetuan (Boxer) Uprising, which resulted in the Eight Power Invasion, or Boxer Relief Expedition. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor [...]
It takes a big leap of faith to get from the bones and stones to the fanciful mural. Hopefully this museum demonstrates how little we actually know about “pre-historic” man. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/PaleolithicSiteMuseumBeijing#
The Chinese wisely permit private ownership of common ancient artifacts, which are often sold in antique markets like the one in Zhengzhou. Here are examples from the market and from private collections. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/PrivatelyOwnedChineseArtifacts#
This is my personal collection of Chinese artifacts: mostly ancient bronze weapons, mirrors, chariot parts, belthooks, and coins. I’ve included a few artifacts from other ancient cultures of interest to me. These are mostly common artifacts rather than the national treasures prominently displayed in museums and books. I have 5 more albums dealing with coins. [...]
This is the museum with most of the great national treasures. Unfortunately, it has been under renovation for the last several years, and is not scheduled to open until 2010. These photos are from a small temporary exhibit they had there in 2006, along with the wax museum in the same complex. When the museum [...]
This museum in Kowloon features the history of Southeast China and the Hong Kong area. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/HongKongHistoryMuseum#
This was a special exhibit held between July 23 and October 5, 2008, at the Military (People’s Liberation Army) Museum in Beijing. It features some of the best artifacts relating to warfare in ancient times. I also have two additional Military Museum photo albums dealing with Ancient Weapons and Warfare, and Modern Weapons. Photos by [...]
This museum features artifacts from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages of ancient China. As with other Chinese museums, artifacts displayed here are all of local origin. The items in this museum were excavated in and around Zhengzhou, which was once the center of Chinese civilization. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., professor of History, Sias [...]
Xi’an (or its immediate vicinity) has a very long history serving as the capital of many dynasties: Western Zhou, Qin, Western Han, Tang. With many tombs from many ages it is a rich source of ancient artifacts, many of which are displayed in this museum. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias [...]
This is the 4th album I created from an August 2008 visit to this great museum. None of the galleries in this album were photographed in their entirety because of time constraints. This is merely a sample of some of the other exhibits in the museum. The jade gallery was closed for renovation. Photos by [...]