西南博物院诞生于新中国博物馆事业发展史上首次全国建馆高潮之际,是新中国重庆文物博物馆事业历史性起步的重要标志,具有里程碑意义;亦为继其后的重庆市博物馆、重庆中国三峡博物馆奠定了坚实的事业基础。西南博物院这般事业成就的取得,与博物院以徐中舒为首的一批著名学者型领导人物的亲力开拓、勤勉耕耘直接相关,密不可分。 Southwest Museum was born in the history of the New China Museum, the first time in the history of the museum building the climax of the new China Chongqing Cultural Relics Museum, a historic landmark of the important signs of a landmark; also following the Chongqing Municipal Museum, Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum Laid a solid foundation for the cause. The acquisition of such achievements by the Southwest Museum is directly related to the pioneering and diligent work of a group of prominent scholar-type leaders led by Xu Zhongshu in the museum.