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Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Museum 延安革命纪念馆

Yan'an Geming Jinianguan

Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Museum introduces the years when the Communist leadership was based in northern Shaanxi, from 1935 to 1948.

Facade and plaza of the Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Hall.
Facade and plaza of the Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Hall. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2024-06-13. · Ghrkya · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Shaanxi · 陕西省 →Yan'an · 延安市 →

About Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Museum

Its collections go beyond portraits and speeches: printing equipment, medical tools, currency and everyday objects show how the wartime base functioned. This makes the museum a useful starting point before the surviving residential and office compounds elsewhere in Yan’an. Focus on the material evidence of communication, work and daily life as well as the political chronology.

The museum was established in January 1950, one of the first revolutionary museums founded in China after 1949. It relocated several times, moving to Yangjialing (杨家岭) in 1954 under the name Yan'an Museum, to Fenghuang Mountain (凤凰山) in 1955 as the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Museum, and to Wangjiaping (王家坪) in 1973, where it underwent a large renovation in 1996. A bronze statue of Mao Zedong (毛泽东), five metres tall and inscribed with calligraphy by Jiang Zemin (江泽民), was installed in 1997. The old building was demolished from 2006, and a new museum building, covering 238 mu with a main structure of 29,853 square metres, opened free to the public in 2009.

The museum is organised into six thematic sections and includes a Prefatory Hall with bronze statues of Mao Zedong (毛泽东), Zhu De and Zhou Enlai, as well as a ‘New Market’ exhibit reconstructing a Yan'an commercial street damaged by wartime bombing. Its holdings include more than 35,000 cultural relics, 5,500 historical photographs, 12,000 volumes of books and other material, and over 100 kinds of journals and magazines from the Yan'an period. It was rated a national first-grade museum (国家一级博物馆) in 2008.

What to look for

  • Printing and currency-production objects associated with the wartime border-region administration.
  • Medical equipment, school materials and everyday possessions from the Yan’an period.

The surrounding area

A northern base for the revolutionary museum, Baota Mountain and separately located historic sites, with its own lamb and noodle traditions.

Location & getting there

Getting to Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Museum

Go to the museum on Wangjiaping Road in Yan’an’s Baota District, beside the Wangjiaping historical-site area.

  • Start with the museum’s main exhibition, then check access to the nearby historic compound separately.
General visit reminders

Choose the building, exhibition or part of the historic area you most want to see, then leave time to explore its setting. Check the venue’s current opening and reservation arrangements directly; a place appearing on the map does not mean every building or gallery is accessible on your travel date.

Combine your visit

Suggested order within this visit:

  1. Historical introduction galleries

    Establish the chronology of the 1935–1948 period.

  2. Communication and administration displays

    Look for printing, currency and documentary material.

  3. Daily-life and medical objects

    Finish with the practical life of the wartime base.

This sequence is an editorial suggestion based on the features described in the sources. Access to individual buildings or areas should be checked locally; no travel time or shared admission is implied.

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Find Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Museum

延安革命纪念馆 · 延安

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Sources & visit information

The sources below support the place-specific description and arrival information. Suggested combinations are editorial planning ideas; confirm current opening, entry arrangements and transport services for your date.

Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 93651648.

Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 5259040.

Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "延安革命纪念馆", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 94239599.

Background paragraphs condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall", English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1363422703.

China Revealed · Editorially updated 2026-10-07