China’s Terracotta Warriors coming to Liverpool

A spectacular exhibition, organized in partnership with Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, will bring China’s Terracotta Warriors to World Museum between February and October 2018.

Terracotta Warriors [File Photo: sina.com]

The exhibition will take the visitor on an incredible journey. Not only will the Warriors, the chariots, the horses and the other exceptional objects enthrall the visitor, but thanks to immersive technology, you will feel you are stepping back onto the soil of ancient China. We want you to experience the Terracotta Warriors that you will see face to face in the exhibition in Liverpool surrounded by video projections of the thousands of warriors actually uncovered at Xi’an. The First Emperor’s Mausoleum – never opened and still un-excavated – could be brought to life according to the description in an ancient text, with its rivers of quicksilver flowing into a miniature ocean.

“I hope you will join us in making 2018 a groundbreaking year for World Museum and Liverpool, welcoming for the first time to the North West this priceless collection of Chinese antiquities.” Said, David Fleming OBE, Director, National Museums Liverpool.

“The Terracotta Army represents one of the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century, and I am delighted that a selection of the Warriors will be coming to Liverpool for the first time in 2018. I am sure that the exhibition will be very warmly received by the people of Merseyside and beyond as Britain welcomes back the Terracotta Warriors.” Commented the Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

The Terracotta Warriors were discovered in 1974 near Xi’an. These silent guardians of the enormous burial complex of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China, were hidden for more than 2,000 years. The thousands of warriors so far excavated are a breathtaking example of the craftsmanship and longevity of Chinese art and culture. Liverpool now has the opportunity to see these amazing sculptures for the first time, along with a host of related objects from the Warring States Period before the First Emperor and from the Han Dynasty that followed him.

The Terracotta Warriors Campaign is seeking to raise not less than £1.25m to deliver this once-in-a-generation exhibition. The museum says that all their 'Terracotta Warriors Partners' are offered the unique opportunity to become involved with the highest profile exhibition ever held at National Museums Liverpool, and probably in the history of the city.