Culture of China Series: Museums: Treasure Houses of History
by Li Chunsheng (Text)
Published by Foreign Languages Press, 2002
Language: English
ISBN 7119031457 9787119031453
Hardcover, illustrated, dimension 190mm x 170mm, 107 pages

This beautifully illustrated book gives a brief overview of 62 of the most prominent museums in China, including the Palace Museum, the Tianjin Art Museum, the Capital Museum, and the Beijing Cultural Relics Museum, etc., and a short description of the museum introduces each museum. The preface, “China’s Museums in Full Bloom,?by Zhang Wenbin, Director-General of the State Cultural Relics Bureau, outlines the one-hundred year history of museums in China

The "Culture of China" Series:
The “Culture of China?Series introduces various aspects of Chinese art and culture. All titles in the series have nice text with color photos and chronologies. All books are well-designed, formatted, and printed on high quality glossy paper, both beautiful and educational.
All titles in the series: Traditional Painting ; Land of Silk ; Ancient Sculpture ; Fascinating Stage Arts ; Folk Genre Paintings ; Pottery and Porcelain ; Rare Wild Animals ; Taoism ; Traditional Chinese Residences ; Ancient Chinese Architecture ; Art of Chinese Pavilions ; Chinese Archeology ; Famous Mountains and Rivers ; Folk Handicrafts ; Southwestern Silk Road ; Traditional Chinese Costumes ; West China Panorama ; World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites ; China's Ethnic Minorities ; Classical Chinese Gardens ; Museums: Treasure Houses of History...