Beijing, China – Amongst 1.4 million artifacts and cultural relics meticulously being preserve in the National Museum of China located a stone throwaway from the famous Tiananmen Square in Beijing, are about 340,000 were gathered from Sub-Sahara Africa. Including the national museum in Beijing, there are 3,800 public museums and 4,000 private ones across the country. By the end of 2015, 7.62 million people had visited only the national museum. The National Museum of China was founded in February 2003, based on the merging of two previous museums - the National Museum of Chinese History and the National Museum of Chinese Revolution. Its basic functions are collections of cultural relics and artworks, exhibitions, public education, history and art research and cultural communication.

Source: Front Page Africa April 04, 2017 02:48 UTC