The Zhejiang Provincial Museum (浙江省博物馆) is the provincial museum of Zhejiang, China, located in Hangzhou. It was established in 1929 as the West Lake Museum on the Gushan Island in the West Lake.^[1] It houses over 100,000 items in its permanent collection.^[1] On 22 December 2009, a new building was inaugurated on the West Lake Cultural Square near the Wulin Square, next to the Grand Canal. It has 7,600 square metres (82,000 sq ft) of display space, twice as much as the Gushan building.^[2]

Zhejiang Provincial Museum

浙江省博物馆
Gushan building
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Former name	West Lake Museum
Established	1929 (1929)
Location	Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Coordinates	30°15′12.5″N 120°8′19.0″E / 30.253472°N 120.138611°E / 30.253472; 120.138611
Type	Provincial museum
Collection size	100,000 pieces
See also edit List of museums in China References edit ^ a b Zhejiang Museum ^ "浙博新馆开馆 国宝《富春山居图》二度示人". Sichuan Art (in Chinese). 2009-12-23. External links edit Official website