The collection of Ake Museum mainly reflects the historical and cultural background and folk customs of Aksu area, with 2 163 pieces, including 4 first-class cultural relics, 6 second-class cultural relics 16 pieces and 35 third-class cultural relics. All collections are divided into three categories: first, unearthed cultural relics, mainly collected from ancient cultural sites in eight counties and one city under their jurisdiction and archaeological excavations of tombs in recent years. There are stone tools, pottery, woodwork, bronze wares, bone wares, iron wares, silks, Buddha statues, etc. , systematically and comprehensively reflect the context of local historical development; The second is the display of ethnic and folk cultural relics, mainly collecting musical instruments, costumes and documents. Reflect the production and life of local ancient nationalities from the folk. Aksu has been a gathering place of all ethnic groups since ancient times, and the collection shows the historical development of all ethnic groups; Third, the display of ancient coins in Xinjiang, mainly from the Han Dynasty five baht and turtle coins unearthed from various cultural sites in the western Han Dynasty and collected by the folk, to Xinjiang red coins in the Qing Dynasty, as well as gold coins, silver dollars, copper coins and paper money in the Republic of China. Through the issuance and circulation of Xinjiang coins, it is proved that the central government has effectively governed Xinjiang since the Han Dynasty. The large number and complete format of coins in Aksu Museum fully show the important role of ancient coins in proving and supplementing history, especially the red coins in Xinjiang in the Qing Dynasty, including all kinds of coins in seven mint bureaus established by the Qing government in Xinjiang, which formed a complete red coin system and enriched and developed the connotation of the coin culture of the motherland. After Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, there were three mint bureaus in Aksu area, and at that time, there was a mint bureau in every province in China, which was unique in Aksu area. Therefore, the display of Xinjiang ancient coins in Aksu Museum is different from other museums in Xinjiang.
Precious collections include:
One-eared colorful pottery pots in the bronze age. Unearthed in 1999. Coarse sand for red pottery, open, high collar, neck, shoulders, flat abdomen, neck, shoulders, ears, narrow flow inclined upward. The mouth and neck are decorated with triangular patterns, the shoulders and abdomen are decorated with zigzag patterns, and the edge of the inner mouth has narrow strip patterns.
Bronze cauldron during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Small mouth, pointed lips, arched abdomen, trumpet-shaped high round feet, annular vertical ears with nipple lines on them and a circle of lines on the abdomen.
Tuoniu bronze seal in Han Dynasty. 3 cm in height and 3×3 cm in base. The button is a recumbent camel, the seal seat is square, and the word "Changyi Seal" is engraved on the seal.
Tang Dynasty embossed horse's head, dragon's body, eagle wing pattern and gray pottery model. Molded taupe coarse sand pottery. Open, flat-edged, curved oblique abdominal wall, false round foot. Animals whose mouths are decorated with rattan grass patterns and whose bellies are decorated with horseheads, dragons, eagle wings and horseshoe bristles. The body is decorated with grass patterns, the Gaskin is decorated with hook patterns, and the bottom is decorated with grass patterns. The inner wall is black and the bas-relief is a person's back.