Henan Museum is one of the earliest museums in China. Its predecessor wasHenan Provincial Museum. 1920__ The Preparatory Committee for Henan Museum wasset up in July, 1956 under the strong support of general Feng Yuxiang. Themuseum is located in sanshengmiao street, Kaifeng City. 1920__ It was renamed asthe Museum of nationalities in May, 20xx. In October of the same year, thenational model exhibition was held and officially opened to the public. OnDecember 1, 1930, it was renamed "Henan Museum". On January 20, 1931, HenanProvincial Department of Education promulgated the "Regulations on theorganization of Henan museums", which defined the nature of museums and set upinstitutions.

In 1937, the Japanese aggressors launched a war of aggression againstChina. The collection of 5678 major cultural relics was transported toChongqing. During the Japanese puppet period, Henan Museum was renamed "HenanProvincial Museum". It was renamed "Henan Provincial Museum" in 1940. On the eveof Chongqing's Liberation in 1949, the Kuomintang carried 5119 cultural relicsto Taiwan.

In 1948, after the liberation of Kaifeng, our museum gained a new life andheld some special exhibitions. In 1953, the Ministry of culture of the CPCCentral Committee defined the museum as a local museum. In 1961, HenanProvincial Museum moved from Kaifeng to Renmin Road in Zhengzhou with theprovincial capital. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Henan Provincial Museum hasfurther enriched its cultural relics collection through donation, excavation andallocation. In order to coordinate with the socialist construction, it has heldmany exhibitions and made remarkable achievements in scientific research. It hasbecome one of the famous museums in China. In the early 1990s, with thecontinuous development of reform and opening up, with the care and support ofleaders at all levels, the state invested a huge amount of 300 million yuan tobuild a new museum in nongnongnong Lu, Zhengzhou, and renamed it Henan Museum.The new museum was officially opened to the public on May 1, 1998. In the pastfive years since its opening up, under the leadership of the Party committee andthe efforts of all staff, the Institute has made remarkable achievements inexhibition, cultural relics collection, scientific research and mass work, andhas made positive contributions to socialist spiritual civilization.