The museum is the former residence of General Joseph W. Stilwell, who was chief commander of US forces in the China-Burma-India Theatre during World War II. In the past years, the museum has received more than 100 thousand visitors of China travels including the former Secretary of Department of Defense and former Secretary of State Mr. Kissinger.

Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum is the nonprofit cultural education institutions to protect, research and exhibit historical and cultural heritage and human environment of material evidence of Chongqing and Three Gorges Area when travel to chongqing, is an important cultural infrastructure where carry forward and cultivate the national spirit. Three Gorge Museum and Chongqing Museum merged into one museum. It is located in the west of classical architecture of Chongqing People Great Hallt, between Chongqing People Great Hall and Chongqing Three Gorges is Chongqing People Square, covers an area of 40000 square meters in the middle. These three building form a "trinity" city landmark buildings.

There are also dinosaur skeletons on display from nearby places in Sichuan Province. The Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site in Zigong held numerous fossil skeletons. Another important exhibit is a 180 degree panorama of war-torn Chongqing in the period of bombardment by the Japanese over several decades. There is also a 360 degree cinema of Three Gorges that mainly shows the natural and social sceneries of Three Gorges prior to the construction of the dam project. More travel guide for private tour of China.