Qimen County Museum

Qimen County Museum

The Qimen County Museum was established in October 1986, with construction completed and operations commencing in June 1988. It is a comprehensive history museum. In 1998, due to operational needs, the Qimen County Museum merged with the Qimen County Cultural Relics Management Office under one administrative body but retaining both names, collectively known as the “Qimen County Museum.”

Since its establishment, the Qimen County Museum has leveraged local advantages and, through decades of efforts including archaeological excavations, surveys, acquisitions, and field collections, has built up a considerable collection of cultural relics. To date, the museum houses a collection of more than 12,000 items (including contract documents), covering Huizhou contract documents, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy, books, bronzeware, inkstones, seals, jade artifacts, bamboo ware, wooden ware, and modern-era relics. Among these, the museum’s distinctive collection — “Huizhou Contract Documents” — is particularly notable. These documents record and reflect various aspects of the production and daily life of the people of Qimen from the Ming and Qing dynasties through the Republican era, showcasing strong regional historical and cultural characteristics. They provide valuable textual resources for the study of Huizhou’s historical culture.

In addition to collecting, preserving, and managing cultural relics and immovable cultural heritage, the museum actively organizes thematic exhibitions with local characteristics and educational value, following the principle of “effective protection, rational utilization, and strengthened management.” It has become a patriotic education base for teenagers in Qimen County and a research hub for studying Huizhou’s politics, economy, and folk culture. The museum has successfully hosted exhibitions such as the “Taipei Palace Museum Painting and Calligraphy Collection Exhibition,” “Qimen Local Industrial Products Exhibition,” “Qimen Museum Collection and Folk Collections Exhibition,” “Qimen County Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition,” and “Exhibition of Collected Plaques and Folk Items.” These events have received widespread acclaim from experts across the province and beyond, as well as from the general public.

Further Reading:

· National Third-Class Museum of China