Aigun’s history museum stands within the protected Aigun New City site, on the right bank of the middle Amur. Its central subject is the changing territorial relationship between China and Russia in the east. The location places that large history beside the river itself, where the exhibition traces the transformation of a Chinese inland waterway into a boundary between two countries.
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Aigun’s History Museum: A River and Its Changing Border
Inside the protected Aigun New City site, a museum brings the changing Chinese–Russian river border into focus through the historic setting and its exhibitions.
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A historic site beside the river
A museum with its own history
The museum was established in 1975; its new building opened in June 2002. A provincial guide describes the historic site, architecture and exhibition as three connected parts of the presentation. It also records three branch collections devoted to Chinese and Russian art, Ma Zhanshan, and Heihe’s chamber of commerce. Together, those subjects extend the view from territorial history to the people, cultural exchanges and institutions associated with this river region.
