With a history of 3500-4300 years, Qijia Culture was named after Qijiaping. The place was first unearthed by Swedish archaeologist J.G.Anderson in Guanghe county, Gansu province in 1924. Qijia Culture is a world-famous cultural relic, the earliest Bronze Age culture in China. It is one of the important sources of Chinese civilization and it is a culture treasure of mankind.

In 2015 and 2016, Qijia Culture and Chinese Civilization international symposium and forum were successfully held by Ancient Civilization Research Center of Chinese Academy of Social Science, Publicity Department of the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee , Gansu Provincial Department of Culture, Gansu Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, the CPC Guanghe County Committee, the People’s Government of Guanghe County. The symposium and forum aimed at coordinating with the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, further protecting and developing Qijia Culture, exploring and carrying forward Qijia Culture and Chinese Civilization, increasing awareness and  influence of Qijia Culture worldwide.

Representatives from about 20 research institutions of China’s mainland and over 190 representatives from Harvard University, University of Illinois, Yale University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Taipei National Palace Museum, Tainan University of Arts, Tohoku College attended the conference. A number of seniors and scholars have fully communicated academic issues with each other and carried out academic exchanges. More than 110 papers were received and two issues of China•Guanghe Qijia Culture and Chinese Civilization Paper Collection were published. The symposium and forum have demonstrated the status and influence of Qijia Culture in Chinese Civilization from different perspectives and levels and have recognized the status and historic value of Qijia Culture in academics.These efforts has pushed Qijia Culture research to a new level.

Qijia Culture Museum was established in 2007 and is opened to the public for free. There are 36 staff members in the museum, 12 regular employees, 2 temporary financial employees, security staff, cleaners and other workers. The museum has 4 divisions: office, exhibition and social education division, preservation and research division, information center.

It was named the Provincial Patriotic Education Base by Publicity Department of Gansu Provincial Party Committee in 2011, Qijia Culture Research Base of Ancient Civilization Research Center of Chinese Academy of Social Science and Tao River Basin Archaeological workstation of China-US Cooperation in 2015, Teaching and Scientific Research Practice Base of Tianjin University, Archaeology Teaching Practice Base of History and Culture College of Lanzhou University, Disciplinary Construction Field Research Base of Northwest University for Nationalities in 2016, Practice Base of Shanghai’s Tongji University in 2018, The First Social Science Popularization Demonstration Base of Gansu Province by Publicity Department of Gansu Provincial Party Committee and Gansu Social Sciences Association in 2019.

1680 pieces of cultural relics are preserved in the museum.There are 5 pieces of National First Level, 42 of Second Level, 204 of Third Level. The museum has received more than 1 million and 668 thousand audiences including 178 experts and scholars from abroad, 850 from home.

In October 2016, Qijia Culture Museum was built in Qijia Culture square, covering an area of 14,538 square meters and a building area of 5104 square meters. It is the only theme museum of Qijia Culture in China. There are four exhibition halls in Qijia Culture Museum, namely，Finding Qijia Culture , Approaching Qijia Culture , Wonderful Qijia Culture and Brilliant Qijia Culture, which exhibit more than 480 pieces of cultural relics of different levels and textures, such as pottery, jade, bronze, bone and stone wares. On supplementary exhibits, they made and restored 12 Qijia Culture scenes: Qijiaping in Guanghe County, Huangniangniangtai in Wuwei City, Mogou in Lintan County (all above are in Gansu Province), Lajia in Minhe County, Qinghai Province. The museum comprehensively reflects the social pattern during Qijia Culture period from 5 aspects of discovery and research, means of livelihood, the handicraft industry, the settlement of Qijia Culture and east-west culture exchange. In recent years,   based on national major strategy and development in Guanghe County, Qijia Culture Museum deeply explores time value of Qijia Culture on the Yellow River basin to continue historical cultural context and strengthen culture confidence. Inheriting, protecting, displaying, researching and exploring of Qijia Culture have laid a solid foundation for developing cultural and creative industry, which will deeply integrate culture with tourism and reinforce the county’s cultural construction.