The Datong City Museum, located at the ancient Buddhist temple left from the Liao Dynasty (916-1125) in Datong City of Shanxi Province, is a local comprehensive museum of China. It was prepared in 1958 and open to the public in 1959. Initially it was named the Datong City Relic Exhibition Hall and renamed the Datong City Museum in 1963. In 1989 a branch museum was founded in the Exhibition Hall at the downtown area outside the West Gate. The branch museum covers an area of 5,000 square meters, of which the area for display is 1,269 square meters. The Museum has collected 13,000 items of relics, of which 132 items are first-grade cultural relics. Most of the relics were unearthed in Datong.

The Museum has held exhibitions, such as the Display of Historical Relics, the Special Display of Unearthed Relics from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), the Display of Comprehensive Artworks through the Ages, the Display of Stone Carving Art, the Special Display of the Relics from the Liao Dynasty (916-1125) and "Brief History of Datong.

The inkslab, excavated from the former site of buildings of the Northern Wei Dynasty outside the South Gate of Datong City, is a rare relic of stone carving art. The gold-plated copper goblet, another item of invaluable relic, was from Persia (now Iran). The carved stone coffin, the column stand and the lacquer painting unearthed from the tomb of thesima(Minister of War) in the Northern Wei Dynasty provide valuable information for studying the calligraphy, painting, carving and lacquerware of ancient China. Among the porcelain wares of China the porcelain pillow from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) is a rare art treasure from the Jingdezhen Kiln.