Former Site of the Archaeology Department of the Manchuria-Mongolia Products Exhibition Hall

Former Site of the Archaeology Department of the Manchuria-Mongolia Products Exhibition Hall

The former site of the Archaeology Department of the Manchuria-Mongolia Products Exhibition Hall is a cultural relics protection unit of Liaoning Province.

The former site of the Manchuria-Mongolia Products Exhibition Hall is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Lenin Street and Jiefang Road in Sun Yat-sen Street, Lushunkou District, Dalian. Built in 1915, it features Western classical architectural style, with a construction area of 1,987 square meters and covering an area of approximately 383 square meters. The structure is made of brick and wood, with a main two-story body and partial three-story sections, standing about 10 meters high, and has an irregular floor plan, being 16 meters wide from north to south and up to 30 meters long from east to west. On November 22, 1916, it was renamed the “Manchuria-Mongolia Products Museum of the Guandong Governor-General’s Office.” In April 1918, it was renamed the “Archaeological Branch of the Guandong Governor-General’s Office Museum.” On November 15, 1925, the library department of the Guandong Government Museum moved here. In 1927, it was renamed the “Guandong Government Library.” On April 1, 1929, it became independent from the Guandong Government Museum. In December 1935, it was renamed the “Lushun Library.” It mainly collected materials related to Manchuria-Mongolia relations, the First Sino-Japanese War, and the Russo-Japanese War. By 1945, its collection had reached over 50,000 volumes.