How a Museum Was Made: Lüshun’s Building and Far-Travelled Collections
An Ionic portico, Central Asian objects and repaired Buddhist manuscripts open three different histories of the same institution.
Lüshun Museum
Lüshun Museum’s Ionic portico belongs to a building opened in 1918, a year after the institution’s official opening. The collection extends well beyond the surrounding port: Central Asian objects and Buddhist manuscripts carry histories of excavation, removal, acquisition and later scholarship. The building and the collection therefore raise complementary questions about how a museum is made and how knowledge about its objects changes.
Stories from This Place
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The main building of Lüshun Museum, opened in 1918.Source: Lüshun Museum official website. Photographer and image license not stated. · Rights status unknown Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.