Live: New museum on Shang civilization opens in central China

A new museum will soon open to the public in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, on February 26 to display the brilliance of the 3,000-year-old Shang civilization. Nearly 4,000 unearthed cultural relics, including bronze wares, pieces of pottery, jade artifacts and oracle bones, will be displayed in the museum. The Yinxu Museum is China's first comprehensive archaeology museum that will unveil the panorama of the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century to 11th century BC). Join our live camera to explore the museum. The original building of the Yinxu Museum opened in 2005 as an important step to bid for World Heritage Site status. However, its 1,500-square-meter exhibition space was way too small, said Gao Yong, mayor of Anyang, at the news conference. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006, the Yinxu Ruins hosted a later period Shang capital city. First excavated in 1928, Yinxu has also been the longest studied ancient capital city ruins in China and is thus honored as one of the cradles of modern Chinese archaeology.