Yunnan Nationalities Museum

Construction Background 
 On April 30, 1955, our respected Prime Minister Zhou Enlai give a lecturer when appreciating the "Cultural Relics Exhibition of Yunnan Minorities" after his interview from Southeast Asian countries. He said, A in-depth cultural investigation shall be made for the minorities’ social economic formation, for their achievements under the party’s leading, for the studies on their relations with the central region through cultural relics research their cultural communication and trading with the neighboring Southeast Asian countries.

Upon the lecturer, after one decade’s preparation, our museum was formally accomplished and opened on Nov.9, 1995 as the key-built project during the "Eighth Five-year Plan" of Yunnan Province. 　

 

Since establishment, the museum has received over 2.5million mantimes from all over the world. Those include some national leaders such as Wu Bangguo, Qiao Shi, Wang Guangying, Yang Rudai and Buhe as well as the prince & princess of Japan, Princess of Thailand, Vice State Secretary of USA and French Ambassador in China,etc. Now we’ve become an important place to celebrate nationality traditional festivals for all nationalities of people visiting in Yunnan. We’ve been awarded a lot of honors including Yunnan“Patriotism Education Base",“Science Popularization Base", "Yunnan Minor Ethical Education Demonstrative Base" and the teaching practice points of universities.