China’s first archaeological museum completed

An opening ceremony for Shaanxi Archaeological Museum was held on April 16, in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province.

The museum will open to the public in the near future, according to the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology.

The museum has a total area of 10,700 square meters, with an indoor exhibition area of 5,800 square meters, and an outdoor exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, and 5,215 cultural relics that unearthed  from the archaeological sites in the province on display. It aims to introducing Chinese culture and history to the world.