Altogether, there are 3,000 steles in the museum, which is divided into seven exhibitions halls that display works of Chinese calligraphy, painting and historical records.

In the Song dynasty, a special hall with attached facilities was built to house and display the two stele groups.

Among the unusual examples is an 18th-century stele depicting a Yangtze River flood control project.

Another appears to be a bamboo forest, but on examination the leaves and branches form a poem.

[3] The collections of the Beilin Museum are far more extensive than suggested by this inadequate thumbnail stub.