List of museums in China

Summary

As of 2020, there are 5,788 museums in China,[1] including 3,054 state-owned museums (museums run by national and local government or universities) and 535 private museums. In 2021, the nation's museums saw approximately 779 million visitors.[2] Some museums of cultural relics, such as the Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, have become internationally known tourist attractions. The government has exchanges of cultural relics exhibitions between museums and promotes the display and exchanges of legal non-governmental collections. The museums are classified into several grades, with the national first-grade museums being the highest classification.

China 1st-Grade National Museums

List edit

Below is a list of museums in China grouped by the provinces or municipalities where they are located.

Anhui edit

  • Anhui Provincial Museum
  • Anhui Hall of Fame
  • Anhui Paleontology Fossil Museum
  • Bengbu Museum
  • China Huizhou Tax Museum
  • Ma'anshan Museum
  • She County Museum

Beijing edit

Chongqing edit

Fujian edit

Gansu edit

Guangdong edit

Guangxi edit

  • Guangxi Museum
  • Anthropology Museum Of Guangxi
  • Liuzhou Museum
  • Museum of Guihai Tablets Forest

Guizhou edit

Hainan edit

Hebei edit

Heilongjiang edit

  • Heilongjiang Provincial Museum

Henan edit

Hong Kong SAR edit

Hubei edit

Hunan edit

Inner Mongolia edit

Jiangsu edit

Nanjing edit

 
Mock classroom of a traditional Confucius private school in China. Taken at the Nanjing Educational Museum at Nanjing Number 1 Middle School.

Suzhou edit

Xuzhou edit

  • Xuzhou Museum
  • Xuzhou Decree Museum
  • Cultural Site of Han Dynasty
    • Lion Hill Chu Prince Mausoleum
    • Aquatic Terracotta Warrior Museum
    • Museum of Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of The Han Dynasty
    • Han Dynasty Stone Relief Gallery
    • Han Dynasty Cultural and Artistic Museum

Other cities edit

Jiangxi edit

  • Jiujiang British Concession Museum
  • Jiujiang Museum
  • Jiujiang Folk Culture Museum
  • Jiujiang Urban Planning Exhibition Centre
  • Jiujiang Fine Arts Museum
  • Jiujiang Forest Museum

Jilin edit

Liaoning edit

Macau edit

Ningxia edit

Qinghai edit

Shaanxi edit

Shandong edit

Shanghai edit

Shanxi edit

  • Shanxi Provincial Museum (Taiyuan)
  • Shanxi Provincial Museum of Art (Taiyuan)
  • Datong Museum (Lower Huayan Monastery of Datong)
  • The Coal Museum of China (Taiyuan)

Sichuan edit

Tianjin edit

Tibet Autonomous Region edit

Xinjiang edit

Yunnan edit

Zhejiang edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 李潇阳. "Traditional museums in China get innovative to woo the public-- Beijing Review". www.bjreview.com. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  2. ^ 陈柳兵. "Nation's museums attracted almost 780 million visitors in 2021". global.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  3. ^ "中国科学技术馆".
  4. ^ Aurora Museum

External links edit

  • Museums in China (English, by chinaculture.org)
  • Museums in China overview
  • China Museums directory (in Chinese)
  • China Museums Guide
  • Beijing's Museums & Galleries - China.org.cn
  • Chinese Museums with English language websites
  • "China to Have 3,000 Museums by 2015"
  • "Another 1,200 museums open for free by 2009"
  • Nanjing's Museums & Galleries - TheNanjinger.com
  • China Museum Index
  • 10 Popular Museums worth Visiting on Your China Tour