Hainan Provincial Museum

　　Hainan Provincial Museum is a comprehensive modern museum in Hainan Province. It is located at No. 68 Guoxing Avenue, Haikou City, in the eastern part of the Provincial Cultural Park. Before 1984, Hainan Provincial Museum was the only provincial-level museum in China that had a name but no physical building. Its construction began in 1984, and it officially opened to the public on November 15, 2008.

　　The museum covers a total area of over 60 acres. The first phase of the project occupies approximately 18,000 square meters, mainly including exhibition halls, cultural relics storage, technical facilities, service amenities, and office spaces. The second phase has a construction area of about 7,000 square meters. It focuses on the preservation and restoration of the shipwreck "Huaguangjiao No. 1" and the nearly ten thousand porcelain artifacts salvaged from the wreck, highlighting exhibits related to South China Sea history, the Maritime Silk Road, geopolitics, and marine biological and mineral resources.

　　The museum houses four permanent exhibitions: "Hainan Cultural Relics Collection," "Hainan History," "Hainan Ethnic Minorities," and "Hainan Intangible Cultural Heritage." These exhibitions comprehensively showcase the immigration and development history of Hainan, as well as the unique culture of the island created together by the Li, Miao, Hui, and Han ethnic groups, including Hainan’s intangible cultural heritage and cultural relics. Original temporary exhibitions such as "Splendor of Relics – Special Exhibition of Precious Cultural Relics Donated to Hainan Provincial Museum by the National Cultural Heritage Administration," "Aroma of Antiquity – Special Exhibition on Hainan Huanghuali Culture," "Direction of the Sea – Special Exhibition on the Huaguangjiao I Shipwreck," "Traces of Qiongdao – The Expedition Journey of Two American Youths 75 Years Ago," and "Selection of Ceramics – Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics Allocated to Hainan Provincial Museum by the National Cultural Heritage Administration" display a dazzling array of artifacts, lifelike settings, and multimedia presentations, allowing visitors to experience the profound traditional culture and unique historical ambiance of Hainan in an immersive, multi-dimensional way. These contributions have played a unique role in the development of Hainan as a tourism island.

　　Address: No. 68 Guoxing Avenue, Qiongshan District, Haikou City, Hainan Province

　　Transportation: Take bus routes 12, 27, 33, 43, 51, 52, 56, 67, 68, Tourist Route 4, or Tourist Route 5 within Haikou City and get off at Hainan Square to reach the museum.