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The Great Wall Museum, originally lying to the west of Xinhua nanlu, is at the moment moving location. Updated information will be provided when the new location is established (ED. 17/10/00). The following information concerns the original museum, whose contents will be moved.
It was the first of its kind to offer comprehensive and systematic understanding of the history of the Great Wall. Covering a total area of 3 acres, the "beacon tower" styled complex is made up of seven different sections, with the central theme of the "Great Wall". With the help of scale models, diagrams, words and photos spanning from the Warring States Period to the Ming Dynasty (a total of more than 3,000 years), the museum gives visitors a fairly good representation of the life of this vast, snaking wall.
To make the process smoother, the museum provides a ways of visiting- in chronological order.
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