中国博物馆（China's Museums ）

中国博物馆：要了解中国，仅靠看文献是不够的。中华大地的地上和地下存留着丰富而珍贵的历史文物和遗迹，大多收藏和陈列在各类博物馆里。从某种意义上说，这些原始的实物资料，比文献资料具有更高的的认识价值和历史意义。中国有2500座博物馆。《中国博物馆》精挑细选并加以介绍的这些博物馆，很多是国家重点文物保护单位，有些已被联合国教科文组织列入世界文化遗产名录。希望他们能成为您按图索骥的人文导游指南。（China has an ancient civilization with a very long history. Understanding it solely through the study of documents is clearly inadequate. A wealth of objects and remains has been preserved on China's vast territory and underground; much of which has been collected and is exhibited in various kinds of museums. This raw material of history can, in a certain sense, be considered more valuable for our understanding of the past of China than documents and historical records. Among the 57 museums selected for this book, many have been designated as key protected cultural sites by China. Some have been included in the UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage Sites.）