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Article: China's national museum moves out 620,000 cultual items as builderscome in
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 12, 2006
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China's national museum moves out 620,000 cultual items as
builders come in
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Workers have started moving 620,000
cultural items out from the National Museum of China in Beijing in
preparation for a big expansion project scheduled to begin next
April.
"The items will be moved in batches around-the-clock to two
temporary storehouses under police protection," said Deputy Curator
Ma Yingming.
The removal work will take about two months, according to Ma.
The museum, near downtown Tian'anmen Square, will be renovated and
enlarged starting next April at a cost of 2.6 billion yuan (330
million U.S. dollars).
The present museum is 313 meters long north to south and ...