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Wuxi Museum 无锡博物院Wúxī Bówùyuàn
4A scenic area · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Wuxi Museum
The city's main museum, opened in 2008 in a large steel-framed building beside Taihu Square, which merged the old Wuxi Museum with the city's revolutionary and science museums. Its collection of nearly 40,000 objects is strongest in Ming and Qing painting and calligraphy, and the displays also cover local history, Yixing purple-clay teapots, Huishan clay figurines and Wuxi's industry, with a bronze sword of King Liao of Wu among the highlights.
How to get to Wuxi Museum
On Zhongshu Road beside Taihu Square, about 3 km south of central Wuxi, near Taihu Square station on Metro Line 1. Closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 40 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
Also within 20 km: Qingming Bridge Historic District 清名桥古运河 (under 10 km), Dayao Road Kiln Sites (Wuxi Kiln Ruins Museum) 大窑路窑群遗址 (under 10 km), Nanchan Temple, Wuxi 南禅寺 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Xue Fucheng 薛福成故居 (under 10 km), Former Maoxin Flour Mill 茂新面粉厂旧址 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Qin Bangxian (Bo Gu) 秦邦宪旧居 (under 10 km).
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