The Ancient Coins Museum and Relics Museum has re-opened at the library of Zhongbei campus. A ceremony was held to celebrate the opening on October 22 in the afternoon.
The Museum attracts lot of visitors.
At the ceremony, Prof. Mu Tao, Party Secretary of the Department of History, revealed the year-long preparation work. Prof. Chen Jiang, curator of the History Museum (The History Museum is composed of the Ancient Coins Museum and the Relics Museum) and a member of the museum panel, introduced the rich and vast collection. Prof. Gong Ruodong, who is also a member of the museum panel, shared the stories of the History Museum since its establishment in 1952. Hu Xiaoming, curator of the library, stressed the importance of university museums to the world, citing overseas examples. Cheng Jing, Assistant of the university President and Director of the Museum's Planning and Buliding Office, chaired the ceremony.
Cheng Jing
Mu Tao
Chen Jiang
University Council Chairman Tong Shijun congratulated all the staff and students on the re-opening of the two museums and thanked them all for their contribution to the re-opening. He said that museums reflected the history of the universities and therefore, were very important to the ECNU community. He suggested that museum staff should keep improving the museums, actively serve the community while supporting the university work, and try to get more support from the society.
Tong Shijun (R) and Wang Rongming
Prof. Tong Shijun and Vice President of the university Wang Rongming unveiled the History Museum. Museum staff said they would continue to enlarge its holdings and improve its facilities, in order to bring better services to visitors.
Ancient Coin Museum and Relics Museum opening hours:
9:00-16:00 every Saturday starting in November
Location: 10/F, Library
Group visiting appointment: Wang Jinfeng Tel: 15221674357
Entrance: From the ground floor of the library.
University staff and students have to bring their university cards. Other people need to bring their ID cards.
Introduction of ECNU museums
ECNU museums joined the Chinese Museum Association in 2014. They are composed of the History Museum (including Ancient Coins Museum and Relics Museum), Biology Museum, and Folk Culture Museum. Geography Museum and Chinese Education Video Museum are under construction. The museums are run by the Museum Management Office.
Ancient Coins Museum and Relics Museum were developed on the basis of the Relics Room of the History Department in 1952. The Ancient Coins Museum collects a rich variety of coins ranging from shell coins, cloths coins, knife coins in the pre-Qin era to bronze coins, iron coins, silver coins and bank notes from history. It has a richer and better collection of ancient coins than any other universities in Shanghai. It is one of the first folk culture museums run by a university in Shanghai. The Relics Museum collects about 5,000 artifacts, including oracle bones and bronze swords with inscription, gilt Buddha statues, pieces of Buddhist scriptures and much more. Its oracle bones have been listed on Oracle Bones Collection compiled by Guo Moruo and Hu Houyi. It has hundreds of bronze mirrors. It also has official uniforms from Ming and Qing dynasties, donated by Prof. Huang Guoxiu, who served as the first curator of the ECNU library.
