List of museums in China#Shanghai
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{{As of|2020}}, there are 5,788 museums in China,{{Cite web |last=李潇阳 |title=Traditional museums in China get innovative to woo the public-- Beijing Review |url=https://www.bjreview.com/Lifestyle/202203/t20220305_800278144.html#:~:text=Data%20released%20during%20an%20event,categorized%20as%20national-level%20museums. |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.bjreview.com}} 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.{{Cite web |last=陈柳兵 |title=Nation's museums attracted almost 780 million visitors in 2021 |url=https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202205/21/WS62887d05a310fd2b29e5e2b4.html#:~:text=Despite%20the%20pandemic,%20Chinese%20museums,779%20million%20visits%20last%20year. |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=global.chinadaily.com.cn}} 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.
List
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Below is a list of museums in China grouped by the provinces or municipalities where they are located.
=[[Anhui]]=
- Anhui Provincial Museum
- Anhui Hall of Fame
- Anhui Paleontology Fossil Museum
- Bengbu Museum
- China Huizhou Tax Museum
- Ma'anshan Museum
- She County Museum
=[[Beijing]]=
- Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum
- Beijing Folk Arts Museum
- Beijing Liao and Jin City Wall Museum
- Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art
- Beijing Museum of Natural History
- Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall
- Capital Museum
- China Agricultural Museum
- China Civil Aviation Museum
- China Museum of Telecommunications
- China National Film Museum
- China National Post and Postage Stamp Museum
- China Numismatic Museum
- China Printing Museum
- China Railway Museum
- China Science and Technology Museum{{cite web |url=http://www.cstm.org.cn/ |title = 中国科学技术馆}}
- Dabaotai Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum
- Digital Beijing Building
- Geological Museum of China
- Guanfu Museum (private)
- International Friendship Museum
- Lu Xun Museum
- Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
- Ming City Wall Relics Park
- Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
- National Art Museum of China
- National Museum of China
- Palace Museum (Forbidden City)
- Paleozoological Museum of China
- Shangyuan Art Museum
- Western Zhou Yan State Capital Museum
- Madame Tussauds Beijing
=[[Chongqing]]=
=[[Fujian]]=
- Fujian Museum, Fuzhou
- Guanfu Museum (private), Xiamen
- Jinjiang Museum, Jinjiang
- Quanzhou Museum
- Quanzhou Maritime Museum, which houses the Quanzhou ship
=[[Gansu]]=
- Dunhuang County Museum
- Gansu Provincial Museum (Lanzhou)
- Lanzhou Museum (Lanzhou)
- Silk Route Museum
=[[Guangdong]]=
- Dongguan Science and Technology Museum
- Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou
- Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
- Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History
- Guangdong Provincial Museum, Guangzhou
- Longgang Museum of Hakka Culture, Longgang
- Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Guangzhou
- Shenzhen Museum, Shenzhen
- Wangye Museum, Shenzhen
=[[Guangxi]]=
=[[Guizhou]]=
=[[Hainan]]=
=[[Hebei]]=
=[[Heilongjiang]]=
=[[Henan]]=
=[[Hong Kong|Hong Kong SAR]]=
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=[[Hubei]]=
- Hubei Provincial Museum
- Wuhan Museum
- Underground Project 131, in Xianning Prefecture
- Yifu Museum of China University of Geosciences
- Madame Tussauds Wuhan
=[[Hunan]]=
=[[Inner Mongolia]]=
=[[Jiangsu]]=
==[[Nanjing]]==
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==[[Suzhou, Jiangsu|Suzhou]]==
- Suzhou Museum
- Suzhou Arts and Crafts Museum
- Changzhou Museum, Suzhou
- Zhenjiang Museum, Suzhou
- Yangzhou Museum and China Block Printing Museum (the two are locally known as the "double museum", as they share the lobby section), Suzhou
==[[Xuzhou]]==
==Other cities==
=[[Jiangxi]]=
=[[Jilin]]=
=[[Liaoning]]=
=[[Macau]]=
=[[Ningxia]]=
=[[Qinghai]]=
=[[Shaanxi]]=
- Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an
- Xi'an Stele Forest Museum (Beilin), Xi'an
- Terracotta Army, Xi'an
- Xi'an Banpo Museum, Xi'an
- Maoling Museum, Xianyang
- Xi'an Museum (within grounds of Jianfu Temple), Xi'an
- Xianyang Museum, Xianyang
- Baoji Bronzeware Museum, Baoji
- [http://www.hylae.com/html/en/ HanYangLing Mausoleum Museum], Xi'an
=[[Shandong]]=
=[[Shanghai]]=
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- Aurora Art Museum[http://www.auroramuseum.cn/ Aurora Museum]
- China Art Museum
- China Maritime Museum
- C. Y. Tung Maritime Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai
- Power Station of Art
- Rockbund Art Museum
- Shanghai Entomological Museum
- Shanghai Film Museum
- Shanghai History Museum
- Shanghai International Wine & Spirits Museum
- Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
- Shanghai Mazu Cultural Palace
- Shanghai Museum
- Shanghai Museum of Public Security
- Shanghai Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Shanghai Natural History Museum
- Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
- Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center
- Shanghai Water Displaying Hall
- Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party{{Cite book |last=Y. Ho |first=Denise |title=Red Legacies in China: Cultural Afterlives of the Communist Revolution |last2= |first2= |date=2016 |publisher=Harvard University Asia Center |isbn=978-0-674-73718-1 |editor-last=Li |editor-first=Jie |series=Harvard Contemporary China series |location=Cambridge (Mass.) |chapter=Making a Revolutionary Monument: The Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party |editor-last2=Zhang |editor-first2=Enhua}}{{Rp|pages=30-34}}
- Yuz Museum
- Long Museum
- Guangfulin Relics Park
- Madame Tussauds Shanghai
=[[Shanxi]]=
- Shanxi Provincial Museum (Taiyuan)
- Shanxi Provincial Museum of Art (Taiyuan)
- Datong Museum (Lower Huayan Monastery of Datong)
- The Coal Museum of China (Taiyuan)
=[[Sichuan]]=
=[[Tianjin]]=
=[[Tibet Autonomous Region]]=
=[[Xinjiang]]=
=[[Yunnan]]=
=[[Zhejiang]]=
- Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou
- Zhejiang Museum of Natural History
- Hangzhou Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum
- Hangzhou World Numismatic Museum
- Liangzhu Culture Museum
- China National Tea Museum, Hangzhou
- China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou
- Zhoushan Museum
- China Finance and Taxation Museum
- China Shoes Museum, Wenzhou
- China Grand Canal Museum
- The National Sauce Culture Museum of China
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum, Hangzhou
- Chinese Seal Museum, Hangzhou
See also
References
External links
{{commonscat|Museums in China}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081204073212/http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_museum/node_225.htm Museums in China] (English, by chinaculture.org)
- [http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/China2004/107163.htm Museums in China overview]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040807083205/http://www.china-culture.com.cn/ww/sc1.htm China Museums directory] {{in lang|zh}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180805134415/http://chinamuseums.com/ China Museums Guide]
- [http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/museums/116909.htm Beijing's Museums & Galleries] - China.org.cn
- [http://www.gov.cn/misc/2006-01/05/content_147892.htm Chinese Museums with English language websites]
- [http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/51692.htm "China to Have 3,000 Museums by 2015"]
- [http://www.china.org.cn/travel/news/2008-07/29/content_16091279.htm "Another 1,200 museums open for free by 2009"]
- [http://www.thenanjinger.com/index.php/city-guide/sport-leisure/museums Nanjing's Museums & Galleries] - TheNanjinger.com
- [http://www.chinamuseum.info/ China Museum Index]
- [https://www.chinaeducationaltours.com/guide/article-top-popular-museum.htm 10 Popular Museums worth Visiting on Your China Tour]
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