The Museum of Ancient Stone Carving Art in Heshui County, Gansu Province, formerly known as the People's Education Museum in Heshui County, was established in 27 years of the Republic of China, and 1949 was changed to a museum. There are cultural relics showrooms, reading rooms and libraries, with a total area of 620 square meters. Heshui Ancient Stone Carving Art Museum has 2640 cultural relics (including 96 national first-class and second-class cultural relics). Precious cultural relics include the bronze tripod in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the imperial edict of Wang Mang in the Han Dynasty, the tang dynasty bronze mirror, the tri-color furnace in the Tang Dynasty, the porcelain pot in the Tang Dynasty, the commemorative medallion for the liberation of Northwest China, and the red felt hat worn by Liu Zhidan. This museum has the largest collection of stone carvings. Heshui is known as the "hometown of stone statues". There are more than 300 ancient sculptures and more than 60 stone carvings/kloc-0, which are second to none in the province for their large number, high status of crystals and distinctive local characteristics. Heshui stone statue is particularly prominent in the single stone Buddha statue. Species can be divided into buddhas, bodhisattvas, disciples, arhats, lux, mountain gods and so on. And the sculpture era is divided into three periods: early, middle and late. In the early Northern Wei Dynasty, the carved image was Fiona Fang, with full cheeks, deep eyes and straight nose, which had the artistic style of ancient India. The middle period is the Tang and Song Dynasties, with plump face, exquisite facial features, natural posture and dynamic. In the late Ming and Qing dynasties, sculpture was also very distinctive. Some of the stone carvings collected by Heshui Ancient Stone Carving Art Museum are tall and majestic, some are small and exquisite, and some are also equipped with Buddhist stories and ancient music playing patterns. The characteristics of the times are obvious, and the carving technology is exquisite. In addition to high ornamental value, it also provides valuable physical materials for the study of ancient religions, folk customs, music and art.

It is the first characteristic museum in Gansu Province to display ancient stone carvings. In May, 2005, the museum was called "a moral and political project to promote and protect history and culture, build a harmonious society, benefit mankind and future generations", and was also called "the movable Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes" by famous experts and scholars at home and abroad.