Henan Museum is one of the national first-class museums and one of thenational museums jointly built by the central and local governments. Since HenanMuseum was officially named as the national popular science education base in1999, Henan Museum has fully implemented the scientific outlook on development,thoroughly implemented the outline of the national action plan for scientificquality, and carried out a series of practical activities of popular scienceeducation for the general audience, especially for minors, in a planned andpurposeful way, so as to give full play to the characteristics of museums in thework of popular science education base Since 20__, it has received more than 9million visitors and held nearly 100 temporary exhibitions. It has been highlypraised by all walks of life. It has won many honorary titles such as "nationalexcellent popular science education base", "National Humanities and SocialSciences popularization base" and "Henan Social Sciences popularizationbase".
As of August 20__, the Central Plains cultural relics, which was founded in1977, has published 100 issues, more than 2500 academic papers andarchaeological reports, and seven special issues, including the collection ofpapers of Henan archaeological society, the collection of treatises onmuseology, the collection of papers of the Buddhist Society of Wei, Jin,southern and Northern Dynasties, and on Yangshao culture, with a total of morethan 3 million words Experts and scholars have published dozens of monographsand popular books.
He'nan Provincial Museum edited "Chinese ceramic sketches", "Longmen statueinscription", "Henan Provincial Museum" (the seventh book of China MuseumSeries); Chinese slave society, ancient culture of the Central Plains, the lightof the Yellow River civilization, diezhu of the Han Dynasty, the three towers ofthe Han Dynasty in Zhongyue, stone reliefs of the Han Dynasty in Henan, Hanpaintings -- a study of Han Dynasty portraits in Henan, anthology of Xiahistory, a survey of ancient works in Henan Cultural Museum, hometown of theYellow Emperor Xinzheng, Luona and Hetu Luoshu, compiled by experts and scholarsof the Academy 》Henan Museum's collection of essays on the 70th anniversary ofthe completion of Henan Museum and the establishment of Henan Provincial Museum,Henan Museum's fine works and exhibitions, Zheng Gong's tomb, the emissary oflight ancient Chinese lamps and lanterns, the heavenly light Buddha statues,etc.
Henan Museum is one of the earliest museums in China. Its predecessor wasHenan Provincial Museum. 1920__ The Preparatory Committee for Henan Museum wasset up in July, 1956 under the strong support of general Feng Yuxiang. Themuseum is located in sanshengmiao street, Kaifeng City. 1920__ It was renamed asthe Museum of nationalities in May, 20__. In October of the same year, thenational model exhibition was held and officially opened to the public. OnDecember 1, 1930, it was renamed "Henan Museum". On January 20, 1931, HenanProvincial Department of Education promulgated the "Regulations on theorganization of Henan museums", which defined the nature of museums and set upinstitutions.
In 1937, the Japanese aggressors launched a war of aggression againstChina. The collection of 5678 major cultural relics was transported toChongqing. During the Japanese puppet period, Henan Museum was renamed "HenanProvincial Museum". It was renamed "Henan Provincial Museum" in 1940. On the eveof Chongqing's Liberation in 1949, the Kuomintang carried 5119 cultural relicsto Taiwan.
In 1948, after the liberation of Kaifeng, our museum gained a new life andheld some special exhibitions. In 1953, the Ministry of culture of the CPCCentral Committee defined the museum as a local museum. In 1961, HenanProvincial Museum moved from Kaifeng to Renmin Road in Zhengzhou with theprovincial capital. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Henan Provincial Museum hasfurther enriched its cultural relics collection through donation, excavation andallocation. In order to coordinate with the socialist construction, it has heldmany exhibitions and made remarkable achievements in scientific research. It hasbecome one of the famous museums in China. In the early 1990s, with thecontinuous development of reform and opening up, with the care and support ofleaders at all levels, the state invested a huge amount of 300 million yuan tobuild a new museum in nongnongnong Lu, Zhengzhou, and renamed it Henan new museum was officially opened to the public on May 1, 1998. In the pastfive years since its opening up, under the leadership of the Party committee andthe efforts of all staff, the Institute has made remarkable achievements inexhibition, cultural relics collection, scientific research and mass work, andhas made positive contributions to socialist spiritual civilization.
Located in the middle section of nongnong Road, Zhengzhou City, the newMuseum covers an area of more than 100000 square meters, with a constructionarea of 78000 square meters and a total investment of nearly 300 million took five years to complete. The main exhibition hall is located in thecenter of the hospital area, in a pyramid shape, and behind it is the culturalrelics warehouse. There are audio-visual education building, comprehensiveservice building, office building, training building, etc. in four corners. Theoverall structure of the building is rigorous, magnificent, simple and elegant,with a unique artistic style, but also reflects the characteristics of theCentral Plains culture.
Henan Museum includes square, Prelude hall, basic exhibition hall, specialexhibition hall, temporary exhibition hall, cultural relic storehouse, academiclecture hall, audio-visual education building, audience participation andentertainment hall, audience dining and tea house, audience rest hall, VIPreception, Henan Museum room, souvenir shopping mall, broadcasting room,computer center, cultural relic protection center, library and training servicebuilding And so on. About 40% of the green space is also designed outside thecomplex, forming a beautiful pattern of "garden in the museum, museum in thegarden".
The main building of the main exhibition hall takes the Yuan DynastyAncient Observatory (the earliest existing observatory site in China, located inDengfeng, Henan Province) as the prototype, which is artistically exaggeratedinto the shape of "crowned pyramid". The bottom of the main exhibition hall is a63 meter long square, 45.5 meters high, with five floors of internal design,including one underground floor. The crown is a square shape, rising andfalling, which means "sweet dew" on the top and "earth Qi" on the bottom,implying that the Central Plains is the source of China. The exterior wall isyellowish brown, taking the Central Plains "loess" and "Yellow River" as thesource of Chinese civilization. On the front of the main hall, there are lightblue transparent windows and transparent lighting belts from top to bottom,showing the majestic momentum of "the water of the Yellow River comes up fromthe sky".
Behind the main hall is the cultural relics storehouse. The design of thewhole building complex is centered on the grand "atmosphere of the CentralPlains", with simple and powerful lines, novel and unique shape, unique styleand grand momentum.
On the second day of the summer vacation, my grandmother and I visited theHenan Provincial Museum together. This is my second visit to the museum. Thefirst time was in the summer vacation of the first three years. Due to the youngage and lack of knowledge, I was not impressed after the visit. As I grow older,I am more and more eager to learn about museums. I am looking forward to thisvisit.
Henan Provincial Museum is located in the middle of nongnong road inZhengzhou city. It covers an area of more than 100000 square meters and coversan area of 7 square meters. With an area of 80000 square meters, the mainexhibition hall is pyramid shaped, opposite to the gate, with grand momentum andsimple and elegant shape.
Henan Provincial Museum was established in 1927 during the period of theRepublic of China. At that time, the political situation was unstable, and theJapanese invaders trampled on the Central Plains. The Chinese objects of themuseum were displaced with the war, so that many cultural relics were scatteredand lost. When the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan, it took away a large number ofcultural relics, causing great losses to the cultural relics of the CentralPlains. After the founding of new China. As the party and government attachgreat importance to the protection of cultural relics, and take a lot ofmeasures to protect the unearthed cultural relics, so that the museum revivesand becomes a national museum.
Entering the exhibition hall is like going through the historical time andspace, narrowing the distance of understanding the history and culture of theCentral Plains.
The tooth fossils of Nanzhao ape man 500000 years ago are first seen, whichis the same age as Peking ape man, indicating that Henan has opened up aprecedent of human evolution and civilization. Secondly, more than 20__Neolithic cultural sites have been found in Henan Province. From 9000 to 4000years ago, Peiligang culture, Yangshao culture and Longshan culture have provedthat the Central Plains culture is an important birthplace of Chinesecivilization.
Chinese characters originated from oracle bones and Yin Ruins; Chinesephilosophy originated from the book of changes and Lao Tzu; Chinese surnamesoriginated from Yanhuang and rooted in the central plains; Chinese stateoriginated from the Xia Dynasty, both in Yanshi, as well as Luoyang, the ancientcapital of the thirteen dynasties and Kaifeng, the ancient capital of the ninedynasties.
There are more than 170000 treasures in the museum. The exhibition hall isfull of bronzes, ceramics, jades, sculptures, calligraphy and paintings fromancient times to the present. There are various patterns of round tripod andsquare tripod in bronze ware, especially the 12 dragon rectangular wine holdingutensils, which are engraved with various animal patterns and exquisitepatterns, which are amazing. The large ones are like water tanks, and the smallones are like wine cups. They are used by ancient people to hold water, wine andfood. The most famous is the treasure of the nine town halls, such as Jiahu BoneFlute, which is the earliest instrument that can be played in China until 20__'s very beautiful. It's made up of the female owl statue, the penghe squarepot, the cloud pattern copper forbidden, the four gods cloud picture, the jadehandle iron sword, the duling square tripod and the blue glaze carved gooseneckbottle from wuzhuru kiln.
After the Han Dynasty, a large number of other pottery products als, characters and utensils have different shapes and vivid cially the ceramic courtyard, the ceramic technology to the peak. There areguards outside the gate, horses, wing rooms on both sides, water, trees, storagerooms, and finally a watchtower on the second floor, with dozens of familymembers. From the ceramic courtyard, we can see that the ancient nobles werevery particular about their daily life, the living conditions were verycomfortable, and human and nature were very harmonious.
We also saw the prosperity of the culture after Han and Tang Dynasties,including music, song and dance, opera, calligraphy, sculpture, and even thedrama plot carved on the pillow. Market culture is also a bright spot, such asboating, fishing, working, shopping, leisure and so on. They are presented incalligraphy, painting and sculpture.
Visiting Henan Museum opened my eyes and benefited me a lot. I was shockedby the profound history and culture of the Central Plains and impressed by thewisdom of our ancestors. Tens of thousands of rare treasures prove that Shangand Zhou bronzes and ancient ceramics are like pearls inlaid in the CentralPlains. They have high historical, scientific and artistic value and radiatebrilliant brilliance. I love China, I love the Central Plains, and I am proud ofmy motherland and hometown. We are the inheritors of history and culture. Weshould learn history, protect antiquities, and keep the ancient civilizationyoung forever.
Henan Museum is a national key Museum, one of the earliest establishedmuseums in China, and one of the first national museums jointly built by thecentral and local governments. Henan Museum, formerly known as Henan ProvincialMuseum, was founded in 1920__ On May 1, 1998, the new museum was completed andopened. It is located at nongnongnong Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. Theexhibition hall of Henan Museum covers an area of 100000 square meters, with abuilding area of 78000 square meters. Most of the cultural relics in thecollection come from archaeological excavations in Anyang, Xichuan, Luoyang,Shangqiu, Kaifeng, Sanmenxia, Huixian, Xinzheng, Anyang and other places in theearly 20th century, with a number of more than 130000 pieces. Among them,prehistoric cultural relics, bronzes of Shang and Zhou dynasties, ancientceramics and jades are the most distinctive. Among them, there are more than5000 national first-class cultural relics and national second-class culturalrelics, which are of high historical, cultural and artistic value, and some ofthe collections are known as the national treasures. Henan Museum is not only amodern museum with complete functions, but also a landmark building embodyingthe cultural characteristics of the Central Plains and the spirit of thetimes.
The main building of the main exhibition hall takes the Yuan DynastyAncient Observatory (the earliest existing observatory site in China, located inDengfeng, Henan Province) as the prototype, which is artistically exaggeratedinto the shape of "crowned pyramid". The bottom of the main exhibition hall is a63 meter long square, 45.5 meters high, with five floors of internal design,including one underground floor. The crown is a square shape, rising andfalling, which means "sweet dew" on the top and "earth Qi" on the bottom,implying that the Central Plains is the source of China. The exterior wall isyellowish brown, taking the Central Plains "loess" and "Yellow River" as thesource of Chinese civilization. On the front of the main hall, there are lightblue transparent windows and transparent lighting belts from top to bottom,showing the majestic momentum of "the water of the Yellow River comes up fromthe sky".
Behind the main hall is the cultural relics storehouse. The design of thewhole building complex is centered on the grand "atmosphere of the CentralPlains", with simple and powerful lines, novel and unique shape, unique styleand magnificent momentum. It can be called a rare landmark building thatembodies the cultural characteristics of the Central Plains and the spirit ofthe times.
Henan Museum is a modern museum with complete functions. It includessquare, Prelude hall, basic exhibition hall, special exhibition hall, temporaryexhibition hall, cultural relics storehouse, academic lecture hall, audio-visualeducation building, audience participation and entertainment hall, audiencecatering and teahouse, audience rest hall, VIP reception, Henan Museum room,souvenir shopping mall, broadcasting room, computer center, cultural relicspreservation center, etc Nursing center, library and training service t 40% of the green space is also designed outside the complex, forming abeautiful pattern of "garden in the museum, museum in the garden".
河南博物院是位于河南省郑州市的一所国家级的大型现代化综合博物馆，国家级重点博物院之一，前身是河南省博物馆。河南省博物院是中国近代较早创立的博物馆，自民国十六年在冯玉祥的主导下建立，距今已有八十多年历史，抗日战争期间，河南博物院的部分珍贵文物几经辗转最终被珍藏在台湾国立历史博物馆。大陆的河南博物院馆址几经变更，旧址位于开封市龙亭区三胜街31号，新馆于1997年开放，馆址位于河南省郑州市农业路。
目前馆藏文物多来自于二十世纪初淅川、洛阳、三门峡、辉县、新郑、安阳等地的考古发掘，数量达13万多件，史前文物、商周青铜器、历代陶瓷器、玉器最具特色。其中国家一级文物与国家二级文物5000余件，历史文化艺术价值极高。当时公论曾有言，当世中国之博物馆，以藏品而言，除故宫博物院外，河南博物馆当属第二。
河南博物院是我国建立较早的博物院之一。其前身为河南省博物馆。1920xx年7月，在冯玉祥将军的极力主张下，成立了"河南博物馆"筹备委员会，馆址设在开封市三圣庙街。1920xx年5月，更名为民族博物馆。同年10月举办《民族模型陈列》正式对外开放。1930年12月1日，复名"河南博物馆"。1931年1月20日，河南省教育厅颁布"河南博物馆组织条例"，明确了博物馆的性质，设置了机构。
1937年，日寇发动侵华战争，馆藏主要文物5678件，辗转运至重庆。日伪时期，河南博物馆更名为"河南省立博物馆"。1940年更名为"河南省博物馆"。1949年重庆解放前夕，国民党携5119件文物运往台湾。
1948年，开封解放，本馆获得新生，举办了一些专题展览。1953年，中央文化部明确本馆为地志性博物馆。1961年，河南省博物馆随省会由开封迁至郑州人民路。自二十世纪六十年代至八十年代，河南省博物馆通过捐赠、发掘、调拨等，进一步充实了文物藏品，为配合社会主义建设举办了许多陈列展览，并在科研等方面成绩显著，成为全国著名博物馆之一。九十年代初期，随着改革开放的不断发展，在各级领导的关心支持下，国家投巨资3亿元人民币，在郑州农业路建设新馆，更名为河南博物院。新馆于1998年5月1日正式对外开放。开放5年来，在院党委的领导和全体职工的努力下，本院在陈列展览、文物收藏、科学研究和群众工作等方面都做出了显著的成绩，为社会主义精神文明做出了积极的贡献。
各位朋友：
大家早上好，今天我们要去参观的地方是河南博物院。
河南博物院位于郑州市农业路8号，是由我国中科院院士齐康先生主持设计的，占地面积约10万平方米，建筑面积约7.8万平方米。是集文物收藏保护，陈列展览，宣传教育，科学研究为一体的，现代化国家及博物馆。在20xx年召开的第18届客属恳亲大会上，与北京博物院，上海博物院，陕西历史博物馆，并成为中国四大博物院。
在绿草如茵的院区内，共分布大小建筑九座，寓意九鼎定中原，传说大雨时讲天下分为九州，又铸了九个代表权利的鼎。从此历史上便出现了第一个奴隶制王朝---夏。
整个主建筑从空中鸟瞰的话，就像一只展翅欲飞的大鹏鸟。两侧的配房好像大鹏的翅膀，展馆的俄大门就像大鹏的头。后边与文物库房相连的过廊，恰似大鹏的尾巴。这一切都寓意着河南会飞速发展，河南的明天会更好。
朋友们现在我们来到的就是，河南博物院的主展馆，展现在我们面前的这幅大的雕塑，它既是中央大厅的装饰物，同时也是河南古代文化的象征。我们看到一个人推开两只大象，他寓意，人类的出现占领了长期被野兽统治的中原大地,推开了文明历史的大门，创造出了灿烂辉煌的古代文化。我们知道河南简称豫。豫字在甲骨文中，便是人牵着大象。这就说明，在3000多年前的河南还有大象出现。后边的壁画，最哦上方漂浮的朵朵白云是由甲骨文和青铜器花纹组成的。两侧大门上分别绘制的是龙门石窟中的卢舍纳大佛和迄今为止已有1000多年历史的开封的繁塔。
河南博物院馆藏文物13万余件，在长出的3000对件文物中，向中华第一笛，中华第一龙，莲鹤方壶，云文铜禁等都堪称国宝。下边我们就来了解一下--中华第一龙。
中国是龙的故乡，中华民族一向被称为是龙的传人，龙作为之中华民族的总图腾，在数千年的历史长河中受到了上至天子，下至庶民的顶礼膜拜。我们现在看到的就是1987年在河南濮阳西水坡仰韶文化遗址中出土的---龙图案。龙用蚌壳摆塑而成，身长是1.78米，造型生动，腾跃预飞。与之相对的是虎的图案，身长1.37米。不过这是复制品，真品在中国历史博物馆，虽然说这是复制品，但这些蚌壳还是6000多年前的。旁边这张图片是当时出土时候的照片，中间是墓的主人，身高1.84米, 大家可以想象一下，1.84米在当时是多么的不可思议。有人认为这可能是三皇五帝中某个人的墓葬，但镇种说法目前还没有得到证实，毕竟这个时候的历史是没有文字记载的。但有一点可以肯定的是真个人的身份地位是相当的高。又因为该图案的摆放方式，与古代天文学中“东青龙，右白虎”的说法相符，所以不少天文学家认为，这一组墓葬可能是我国出现最早的一幅天象图。
龙的起源于中华民族的发祥史，在地域上有高度的一致性，中华第一龙发现与濮阳，也与中华民族的文明是分不开的。
河南博物院是我国建立较早的博物院之一。其前身为河南省博物馆。1920xx年7月，在冯玉祥将军的极力主张下，成立了"河南博物馆"筹备委员会，馆址设在开封市三圣庙街。1920xx年5月，更名为民族博物馆。同年10月举办《民族模型陈列》正式对外开放。1930年12月1日，复名"河南博物馆"。1931年1月20日，河南省教育厅颁布"河南博物馆组织条例"，明确了博物馆的性质，设置了机构。
1937年，日寇发动侵华战争，馆藏主要文物5678件，辗转运至重庆。日伪时期，河南博物馆更名为"河南省立博物馆"。1940年更名为"河南省博物馆"。1949年重庆解放前夕，国民党携5119件文物运往台湾。
1948年，开封解放，本馆获得新生，举办了一些专题展览。1953年，中央文化部明确本馆为地志性博物馆。1961年，河南省博物馆随省会由开封迁至郑州人民路。自二十世纪六十年代至八十年代，河南省博物馆通过捐赠、发掘、调拨等，进一步充实了文物藏品，为配合社会主义建设举办了许多陈列展览，并在科研等方面成绩显著，成为全国著名博物馆之一。九十年代初期，随着改革开放的不断发展，在各级领导的关心支持下，国家投巨资3亿元人民币，在郑州农业路建设新馆，更名为河南博物院。新馆于1998年5月1日正式对外开放。开放5年来，在院党委的领导和全体职工的努力下，本院在陈列展览、文物收藏、科学研究和群众工作等方面都做出了显著的成绩，为社会主义精神文明做出了积极的贡献。
各位游客大家好!欢迎你们来到河南省博物院参观，我叫李××，很荣幸成为你们今天的导游，大家叫我小李或李导就好了。希望我的讲解能够令各位满意，让我们共同度过这一美好的时光。
中国是世界四大文明古国之一，悠久灿烂的中华文明发源于黄河流域，站在中原这方凝聚着厚重历史与文化的土地上就能深深地感受到华夏文明的古老与辉煌，而河南博物院则荟萃了古老文明中的精华，所以说：“承载千年文明，谱写华夏辉煌”是对它的真实写照。
河南省博物院是全国著名博物院之一，它是中原地区最大的文物收藏、保护、研究、展示中心，具有国际水平的先进设施与科学管理，是我国大型现代化、综合类的博物馆，最早创立于1920xx年，是我国设立较早的博物馆之一，1998年5月新馆落成开放，占地面积10万余平方米，建筑面积7。8万平方米，展厅面积1万余平方米。
你们刚刚在绿草如茵的院子里看到大大小小的九个建筑，大家猜猜看，他们的寓义是什么?寓意是九鼎定中原。相传大禹将天下分为九州，又铸建了九个大鼎来代表自己的权力，从此我国第一个奴隶制国家就建立起来了。
大家随我往里走，现在我们站着的位置是展厅的中央。随我前看，是一幅巨型壁画和一座雕像，雕像是人牵着象是河南的象征，同时也寓意着我们人类的出现。壁画的上面画的是五岳之一的中岳嵩山，下面是有甲骨文和青铜器组成的文字，甲骨文发掘九大故都的安阳市。它包含了我国古代六种造字方法，即象形、形声、会意、转注、假借、指事。
我们博物院开放有8个展厅，分别是古文化、古玉器、古建筑、楚国青铜器、明清工艺品、恐龙世界及古代石刻与中原丰碑。
下面重点介绍古文化展厅，黄河孕育了东方文明，而我们河南正处于它的下游同时也华夏文明发源地之一，出土不少的文物古迹，这些都集中反映了我们祖先的聪明才智，创造出一个有一个奇迹。
朋友们，现在呈现在我们面前的就是河南博物院的镇院之宝——莲鹤方壶。它出土于春秋时期的 郑国国 君之墓。大家看它壶身高118厘米，口长31厘米，宽25厘米，形状为方壶、长颈、鼓腹、圆足、有盖，盖上装饰有两层莲瓣，中间立着一只振翅欲飞的仙鹤，颈两侧有龙型双耳，腹部装饰蟋龙纹，四角各有一只翼兽，圈足下有两只走兽，这立鹤走兽的搭配使得整个方壶静中有动，突破了商周时期青铜器严肃静止的格调，壶盖上的莲鹤装饰更是商周时期所罕见的，充分反映了春秋时期金属工艺的新风貌，引起国内外考古学界的广泛关注，经国家鉴定委员会鉴定为一级文物。早在50年代， 郭沫若 先生就给予了很高的评价把它喻为时代的象征。
回过头来，我们再一起看一下我们现在所在的这个展区，这个展区叫做“三代辉煌——青铜文明”这里记载着国家的诞生，三代，指的是夏、商、周三代，其实这三代还有一个磅礴大气的别称，那就是“中国青铜时代”，而在莲鹤方壶出现二百年以后中国就进入了百家争鸣思想自由翱翔的战国时代，所以我们又说莲鹤方壶书写的是一曲中国青铜时代的绝唱。
“窥一斑而知全豹”。以上我们所看到的青铜器虽然只是博物院中的一小部分展品，却也能让我们深深的感受到华夏古文化的丰富与灿烂，让我们带着这种赞叹与自豪去认识和了解更多、更丰富的古代文化吧!
好，下面可以选取你喜欢的文物拍照留念，请大家注意安全和环境卫生，自由活动十分钟，之后我们就去第二个展厅了。
谢谢大家，十分钟后见!
南博物院(Henan Museum)是国家级重点博物馆、中国建立较早的博物馆之一，也是首批中央与地方共建国家级博物馆之一。河南博物院前身为河南省博物馆，始建于1920xx年，1998年5月1日新馆落成开放，馆址位于河南省郑州市农业路。河南博物院展馆占地10万平方米，建筑面积7.8万平方米，馆藏文物多来自于20世纪初安阳、淅川、洛阳、商丘、开封、三门峡、辉县、新郑、安阳等地的考古发掘，数量达13万多件，史前文物、商周青铜器、历代陶瓷器、玉器最具特色。其中国家一级文物与国家二级文物5000余件，历史文化艺术价值极高，一部分藏品被誉为国之重器。河南博物院是一个功能齐全的现代博物馆，也是一座凝聚了中原文化特色和时代精神的标志性建筑。
主展馆主体建筑以元代古观星台(中国现存最早的天文台遗址，位于河南登封)为原型，经艺术夸张演绎成“戴冠的金字塔”造型，其底部为长63米的正方形，高45.5米，内部设计五层，其中地下一层。冠部为方斗形，上扬下覆，取上承“甘露”、下纳“地气”之意，寓意中原为华夏之源，融汇四方。外部墙面为土黄褐色，取中原“黄土”“黄河” 孕育了华夏文明之意，主馆正面从上至下有浅蓝色的透明窗与自上而下的透明采光带，具有“黄河之水天上来”的磅礴气势。
主馆后为文物库房。整个建筑群设计以雄浑博大的“中原之气”为核心，线条简洁遒劲，造型新颖别致，风格独特，气势恢宏，堪称一座凝聚着中原文化特色和时代精神的不可多得的标志性建筑。
河南博物院是一个功能齐全的现代博物馆，它包括广场、序幕大厅、基本陈列馆、专题陈列馆、临时陈列馆、文物库房、学术报告厅、电教楼、观众参与和娱乐厅、观众餐饮茶座、观众休息厅、贵宾接待、河南博物馆室、纪念品商场、广播室、计算机中心、文物保护中心，图书资料馆和培训服务楼等部分。建筑群外部还设计有40%左右的园林绿地，形成“馆中园、园中馆”的优美格局。
