The Jianchuan Museum Cluster is located in Anren Town, Dayi County, Sichuan province, China, about one hour's drive from the provincial capital Chengdu. It consists of 26 museums which showcase China's largest private collection of artifacts amassed during the last 60–70 years.

Founding

The museum was founded by, and named after, Fan Jianchuan (1957), a local real estate billionaire native to Yibin, and a collector of Cultural Revolution Era memorabilia. Before starting his investments in real estate, Fan was the deputy major of Yibin. In 2003 he started investing his real estate earnings in the museums. The first five museums of the cluster opened in 2005. As of 2015 Fan spent the RMB 2 billion on the museums. The cluster started operating break even in 2010.

Exhibits

The complex features more than two million historical and cultural artefacts, mainly from the founder's personal collection, and has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as an example of "the increasing openness about the way recent history is viewed in China." With a total area of 500 acre, the museum cluster is made up of 26 museums, as of 2015. It has a repository of over 8 million artifacts, with 121 of them classified as Class-One National Treasures. It is the largest museum cluster in China. Several hundred artifacts have also been donated to other museums. The museums are organized by four major themes: Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), the ‘Red era’, the Wenchuan earthquake, and Chinese folk culture.

Museums

Red Era theme

Second Sino-Japanese War theme

Wenchuan Earthquake theme

Chinese folk culture theme

Other

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