Jiangxi Provincial Museum At the beginning of the foundation of our new People's Republic of China, the government and the party committee of Jiangxi province pay much attention to the museum business and decided to set up Jiangxi Provincial Museum on the base of the former Jiangxi Provincial Science Museum. The museum preparatory department was founded in March of 1953, the museum display building began to construct to the south of the August First Square in July of 1957 and the Museum was formally open to the public in July first of 1961. In 1978, Jiangxi Revolution History Museum was renamed as Jiangxi Revolutionary Museum, and Jiangxi Provincial Museum was renamed as Jiangxi Historical Museum, and then the two museums were merged into one and named as Jiangxi Provincial Museum In 1981. After 50 years hard trying, the Museum has become a large comprehensive museum in the world. On October 1 in 1999, the biggest invest of cultural infrastructure since the foundation of our country---Jiangxi Provincial Museum has been completed and open to the public formally, which symbolizes that the museum stepping into the new century with her brand-new posture.
  The new Jiangxi Provincial Museum situates on a new sand bar that is rounded by the Gan River and Fu River, it lies east to Fu River, south to Zhongshan Bridge, west to Gan River and north to Tengwang Pavilion, which is the one of the three famous buildings to the south of the Yangze River. The new museum covers 399.996 are，its constructing area is 35 thousand square metres and the exhibition hall area is 13 thousand square metres. This big comprehensive museum consists of three parts of historic museum, revolutionary museum and natural museum, what is first seen in the country.
  The principal part of the building is referred to modeling of white glazed porcelain with three tubes of Ming Dynasty made in Jingdezhen, the ancient ceramics art and modern construction style is skillfully melt in the building and the three parts as historical museum, revolutionary museum and natural museum are united as one whole, which looks solemn, elegant and unique. A big bronze sculpture of "time and space" aloft in the centre square which have four component part: three imitated bronze overhead handles, imitated bronze Yan with stand deer design and four legs, bronze tiger with two tails and a reclining bird on its back and torch. It means that the brilliant civilization goes back to ancient times, the rich natural resources and galaxy of talent, a single spark can start a prairie fire.