Overseas Chinese History Museum of China
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| Established | 2014 |
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| Location | North Xiaojie in Dongzhimen, Dongcheng District, Beijing |
| Type | national-level museum |
| Website | Official Website |
The Overseas Chinese History Museum of China (Chinese: 中国华侨历史博物馆) is a national-level museum in Beijing that showcases the history of overseas Chinese. Located at North Xiaojie in Dongzhimen, Dongcheng District in Beijing, it is under the control of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC).
Tan Kah Kee, who served as ACFROC's first chairman, gave ¥500,000 in 1960 to build the museum. Staff began collecting artifacts for the museum in 2005.[1] The museum opened on 21 October 2014, which marked 140 years after Tan's birth.[1][2] Its floor area occupies 12,765 m2 (137,400 sq ft) and it is 5 m (16 ft) high with five levels (two underground and three above ground).[1] When it opened, the museum has a permanent exhibit and three time-limited exhibits. The permanent one had more than 800 artifacts and almost a thousand photos.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Zeng, Ke 曾珂 (2014-10-21). "中国华侨历史博物馆正式开馆" [The Museum of Overseas Chinese History in China officially opened] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 2026-09-28. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ Jia, Yimin 贾益民 (2022). 世界华文教育年鉴（2020 [Yearbook of Global Chinese Language Education (2020)] (in Chinese). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. ISBN 978-7-520-18968-2. Retrieved 2026-09-28 – via Google Books.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Chinese)