Dunhuang Museum

Located in East Yangguan Road of Dunhuang, the museum was established in October 1979. Covering an area of 2,400 square meters, it has a collection of over 4,000 cultural relics from the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The collections are divided into three parts: Buddhist scriptures in the scripture storage cave (Cave No. 17) of Mogao Grottoes; cultural relics excavated from tombs such as steles, pottery boxes, pottery tripods, lotus-engraved bricks and kylin-engraved bricks; objects such as silk, brocade, thin silk and yarn. Among them, Dunhuang Manuscripts excavated in Cave No. 17 of Mogao Grottoes and Tibetan manuscripts are the most important collections of the museum. The cultural relics provide valuable materials for studies of political, economic and cultural exchange between China and foreign countries.