U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant to Hubei Provincial Museum

 

Ambassador Randt presents a check for $49,998 U.S. to the Hubei Provincial Museum		Ambassador Randt, Consul General Wendy Lyle, and dignitaries from the U.S. Embassy and Hubei Provincial Museum and Government after the ceremony

Hubei Provincial Museum, in the city of Wuhan, is a highly-regarded provincial level museum. The museum collects, protects, and exhibits the cultural relics discovered in the province. Since 1953, the museum has collected over 200,000 cultural relics, including pottery, porcelains, jade, bronze vessels, ancient weapons, and ancient musical instruments. Among these cultural relics, 812 are listed as first-class relics of China, and 16 are considered national treasures.

Hubei Provincial Museum houses a large collection of intact silk embroideries dating back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period (770 B.C.-221 B.C.). Such a collection is rarely found in other parts of China.  The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation is providing $50,000 towards improving the exhibition conditions to ensure that these ancient silk objects with exquisite embroideries can be both well preserved and exhibited to the public. The U.S. Consulate General in Wuhan and the U.S. Embassy in Beijing are proud to partner with the Hubei Provincial Museum on this important cultural preservation project.