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Nanjing Museum 南京博物院Nánjīng Bówùyuàn
4A scenic area · Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanjing
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Nanjing Museum
Jiangsu's provincial museum, founded in 1933 as the preparatory office of the National Central Museum, with a collection of more than 400,000 objects that is especially strong in Ming and Qing imperial porcelain. Its main hall, begun in 1936 and finished in 1948 in the style of a Liao-dynasty temple with Liang Sicheng and Liu Dunzhen as advisers, houses the history of Jiangsu from prehistory to the Qing. Other halls, enlarged in an expansion finished in 2013, cover Chinese art, the Republic of China period, intangible heritage such as Nanjing brocade, and changing special exhibitions.
How to get to Nanjing Museum
At 321 Zhongshan East Road just inside Zhongshan Gate, about 10 minutes' walk east of Minggugong station (Metro Lines 2 and 6); visits must be booked in advance. Closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
- Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb - Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai - City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
Also within 20 km: Ming Palace Ruins 明故宫遗址 (under 10 km), Meiyuan Xincun Memorial Hall 梅园新村纪念馆 (under 10 km), Liji Lane Comfort Station Exhibition Hall 利济巷慰安所旧址陈列馆 (under 10 km), Presidential Palace, Nanjing 南京总统府 (under 10 km), Nanjing Great Hall of the People 南京人民大会堂 (under 10 km), Jinling Scriptural Press 金陵刻经处 (under 10 km).
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