The Hangzhou branch is located in the West Lake Cultural Square in Hangzhou, which also houses the Wulin building of Zhejiang Provincial Museum, and the Zhejiang Museum of Science and Technology.
The exposition initiated a petition to the provincial government which resulted in the foundation of the West Lake Museum to keep the museum-suitable exhibits.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the name was changed to Zhejiang Museum in 1953.
Although, several years in advance, a warehouse to house the museum's collections was constructed in 1991, and the exhibition hall was built in 1998.
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