It is the only integrated historic museum in Luoyang City. It has an impressive collection of nearly four hundred thousand (400,000) pieces of local, historic, rare and cultural relics from the past dynasties. Besides being numerous and in various kinds, they are of high quality collection. Among them are the bronze wares, the pottery-made tomb figures, and the Tang Three Color, considered to be special and famous worldwide.

To illustrate the profound culture of the ancient capital City of Luoyang, the Museum insists on holding various forms of cultural relic shows. With its rich contents to offer, fine collection of cultural relics, excellent service consciousness, and unique charm, the Museum is attracting numerous tourists both from home and abroad. Every year, it receives ten thousand people from all fields and has become the principal showpiece for propagating the ancient capital's culture and carrying through patriotism education.

A long time ago, Luoyang has been the "centre of the world"; it is the original meaning of China. It is the bright pearl inlaid into the earth of Heluo (Huanghe River and Luohe River) and is the very symbol of Chinese culture. In history, there were thirteen dynasties altogether that had set up their capitals in Luoyang. Five big capital sites scattered here. Because of these reasons, Luoyang is considered the hinterland bearing the Chinese cultural treasures. The elegant decoration of brand inlaid with green pine stones made during the Xia Dynasty started the period of Chinese bronze ware making with its inlaid things; the mysterious and dignified bronze wares made during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties are nonesuch in Chinese bronze wares of the same period; and the magnificent inlaid gold and silver is further manifestation of mature symbol of Chinese bronze wares founding technology. There are rarities worth mentioning also such as the bold and exaggerated frescos made during the Han Dynasty, and the vivid Tang Three Color. With the cultural relics of the past dynasties found in Luoyang, we seem to touch the very pulse of the wonderful era of Chinese history.