Guangdong museum of revolutionary history
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Guangdong museum of revolutionary history (广东革命历史博物馆) is a museum established in 1959 in Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

 Province, People's Republic of China. It is located at the site of former Guangdong Advisory Bureau in the Second Guangzhou Uprising
Second Guangzhou Uprising
The Yellow Flower Mound revolt also known as the Second Guangzhou uprising is an uprising led by Huang Xing and his fellow revolutionaries against the Qing Dynasty in Guangzhou.-The Uprising:...

 Martyrs Cemetery.

History

The foundation was originally proclaimed in 1909. In the first year the area was 2499 square metres (2,988.8 sq yd). The museum covers topics from the time of the First
First Opium War
The First Anglo-Chinese War , known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty of China over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice...

 and Second Opium War
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856 to 1860...

s to the People's Republic era. The museum has 17,117 items on display, 20,000 historical photos and 20 top-grade items.

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