Museums in China — PandaPanda Guide

故

Forbidden City

故宫

Beijing

The world's largest imperial palace complex — 9,000 rooms of Ming and Qing power

兵

Terracotta Army

兵马俑

Xi'an

8,000 clay soldiers guarding an emperor's afterlife

中

National Museum of China

中国国家博物馆

Beijing

Five thousand years in one building — the story of China under a single roof

上

Shanghai Museum

上海博物馆

Shanghai

One of China's finest collections, in a building shaped like an ancient bronze ding

三

Sanxingdui Museum

三星堆博物馆

Guanghan

The mysterious bronze masks of an unknown kingdom — archaeology's great enigma

陕

Shaanxi History Museum

陕西历史博物馆

Xi'an

Thirteen dynasties, one province — Xi'an's masterpiece museum of Chinese antiquity

湖

Hunan Museum

湖南博物院

Changsha

The 2,000-year-old Mawangdui tomb treasures — a body preserved since the Han dynasty

南

Nanjing Museum

南京博物院

Nanjing

One of China's first modern museums — 400,000 objects from the Six Dynasties to the Republic

湖

Hubei Provincial Museum

湖北省博物馆

Wuhan

The bells that changed history — a full set of 2,400-year-old bronze chimes that still play

苏

Suzhou Museum

苏州博物馆

Suzhou

I.M. Pei's final masterwork — a Ming-dynasty garden wrapped in white walls and steel

金

Jinsha Site Museum

金沙遗址博物馆

Chengdu

The 3,000-year-old sister city of Sanxingdui, excavated where it stood — golden sun bird and all

甘

Gansu Provincial Museum

甘肃省博物馆

Lanzhou

Home of the Flying Horse of Gansu — China's tourism symbol — and the Silk Road treasury of the Hexi Corridor

洛

Luoyang Museum

洛阳博物馆

Luoyang

Thirteen dynasties under one roof in China's ancient capital

首

Capital Museum

首都博物馆

Beijing

Beijing's own story — from frontier garrison to imperial capital

浙

Zhejiang Provincial Museum

浙江省博物馆

Hangzhou

Ten thousand years of Jiangnan — from Hemudu rice farmers to Song celadon

河

Henan Museum

河南博物院

Zhengzhou

Where Chinese civilisation hit its stride — bronzes, oracle bones, and a jade burial suit

四

Sichuan Museum

四川博物院

Chengdu

Buddhist stone carvings, Shu brocades, and Tibetan art beside Huanhuaxi Park

台

Taipei Palace Museum

台北故宫博物院

Taipei

The imperial collection that crossed a strait — the best of the Qing court treasury

敦

Dunhuang Academy

敦煌研究院

Dunhuang

The guardians of the Mogao Caves — research, replicas, and the art of the Silk Road

青

Tsingtao Beer Museum

青岛啤酒博物馆

Qingdao

Beer, history, and a fresh glass at the source on Dengzhou Road

中

China Silk Museum

中国丝绸博物馆

Hangzhou

From silkworm to couture — 5,000 years of the thread that named a road

广

Guangdong Museum

广东省博物馆

Guangzhou

Canton's treasures in a carved-lacquer box beside the Pearl River