Hunan Provincial Museum has a better indoor and outside environment. After several years¡¯ restorations, the halls and exhibition centers are well preserved strongly showing the tradition, elegance and simplicity of classical buildings, and today, Hunan Provincial Museum has become the symbol of Ancient City of Changsha.

Hunan province is one of the provinces that earlier built the museums in China. It was built in 1897, and in 1927 it was finally named Hunan Provincial Museum.
In this museum, some famous themed exhibitions are available such as Exhibition of Ma Wang Dui Mausoleum of Han Dynasty, Exhibition of Porcelains from Famous Hunan Kilns, Exhibition of Bronze Wares of Shang and Zhou Dynasties in Hunan Province, Top Ten New Archeological Discoveries in Hunan Province, Paintings of Ming and Qing Dynasties Preserved in Hall. Hunan Provincial Museum collects a lot of the rare cultural and historic relics and treasures in Hunan province, and it exhibits the origin of local civilization of Hunan province.