[1] In 1853, it became the residence of Yang Xiuqing, a military leader in the Taiping Rebellion.

[citation needed] During the rebellion, Nanjing was captured by the rebels and used as its headquarters until 1864, when Qing forces took the city in the Third Battle of Nanjing.

[citation needed] The museum has artifacts from the rebellion, including: Taiping currency, weapons, uniforms, and documents about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ideology, which was based upon an idiosyncratic version of Christianity.

Hong Xiuquan believed he was Christ's younger brother, ordered by God to exterminate China's Manchu rulers, whom he decried as demons.

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