Expansion plans

The curator informed that the museum is undergoing a second phase of expansion, which will increase the exhibition area to 32,000 square meters. The expansion work is expected to complete by October this year.

"On completion of the second phase, we will resume our four permanent exhibitions and add two special exhibitions, reaching a total of six. In the next two-three years, we intend to have a total of 10 exhibitions," Yu said, adding that the museum intends to attract up to two million visitors in the coming years.

"We will include separate sections on ancient documents and carpets discovered in Xinjiang. We will also introduce some special exhibitions from other provinces such as Henan, Shaanxi, and Shandong, etc.," he elucidated.

"For some special exhibitions, we will also introduce some foreign exhibitions, such as some exhibitions of cultural relics from some friendly countries in Central Asia, and so on," he added.

The historical treasures exhibited in Xinjiang Museum, in many ways, are key to understanding the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic essence of Xinjiang that it has inherited and preserved through the ages.