, there are 7,048 museums in China, 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. 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
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 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 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 Museum of the Communist Party of China National Art Museum of China National Museum of China National Natural History Museum of China Palace Museum (Forbidden City) Paleozoological Museum of China Shangyuan Art Museum Western Zhou Yan State Capital Museum Madame Tussauds Beijing
Chongqing Baiheliang Underwater Museum Chongqing Art Museum Chongqing Museum of Natural History Chongqing Science and Technology Museum Chongqing Sichuan Opera Museum General Joseph W. Stilwell Museum Red Rock Village Museum Three Gorges Museum Madame Tussauds 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 Nanyue King Museum, Guangzhou Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History Guangdong Provincial Museum, Guangzhou Longgang Museum of Hakka Culture, Longgang Pagoda Park Cultural Revolution Museum Shenzhen Museum, Shenzhen Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning Wangye Museum, Shenzhen
Guangxi Guangxi Museum Anthropology Museum Of Guangxi Liuzhou Museum Museum of Guihai Tablets Forest
Guizhou
Guuzhou Provincial Museum
Hainan Hainan Provincial Museum
Hebei Hebei Provincial Museum
Harbin Harbin Museum of Jewish History and Culture
Heilongjiang Heilongjiang Provincial Museum
Henan Henan Museum, Zhengzhou Luoyang Museum, Luoyang Guo State Museum, Sanmenxia
Hong Kong SAR
Hubei Hubei Provincial Museum Wuhan Museum Underground Project 131, in Xianning Prefecture Yifu Museum of China University of Geosciences Madame Tussauds Wuhan
Hunan Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha Changsha Museum, Changsha Changsha Bamboo Slips Museum, Changsha Qin Dynasty Bamboo Slips Museum of Liye, Longshan County
Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia Museum, Hohhot Hohhot City Museum, Hohhot
Jiangsu Nanjing
China Modern History Museum, Nanjing Nanjing Museum Nanjing Municipal Museum Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, Nanjing Nanjing Museum of the Site of the Lijixiang Comfort Stations Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum, Nanjing
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 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 The Museum of Guangling King's Tomb in Han Dynasty, Yangzhou Nantong Museum, Nantong The Old Museum of Wisteria, Changzhou Red Army Memorial Museum, Rugao
Jiangxi Jiujiang British Concession Museum Jiujiang Museum Jiujiang Folk Culture Museum Jiujiang Urban Planning Exhibition Centre Jiujiang Fine Arts Museum Jiujiang Forest Museum
Jilin Museum of the Imperial Palace of the Manchu State, Changchun Jilin Provincial Museum Jilin University Museum
Liaoning Liaoning Provincial Museum Dalian Natural History Museum Dalian Modern Museum Shenyang Steam Locomotive Museum
Macau Communications Museum Fire Services Museum Grand Prix Museum Macao Tea Culture House Macau Museum of Art Macau Wine Museum Maritime Museum Museum of Macau Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt Museum of Taipa and Coloane History Natural and Agrarian Museum Sun Yat Sen Memorial House Taipa Houses-Museum
Ningxia Ningxia Museum
Qinghai Liuwan Museum of Ancient Painted Pottery, Ledu
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 HanYangLing Mausoleum Museum, Xi'an
Shandong Shandong Art Museum Shandong Provincial Museum Shandong Science & Technology Museum Jinan Museum Qingdao Municipal Museum
Shanghai
Aurora Art MuseumAurora Museum China Art Museum China Maritime Museum Chinese Comfort Women History Museum C. Y. Tung Maritime Museum Fotografiska Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai Power Station of Art Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai Art Collection 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 Yuz Museum Long Museum Guangfulin Relics Park Madame Tussauds Shanghai
Shanxi Chinese Dictionary Museum Shanxi Provincial Museum (Taiyuan) Shanxi Provincial Museum of Art (Taiyuan) Datong Museum (Lower Huayan Monastery of Datong) The Coal Museum of China (Taiyuan)
Sichuan Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong Zigong Salt History Museum, Zigong Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Chengdu Du Fu Cao Tang (Thatched Cottage of Du Fu), Chengdu Sanxingdui Museum Jinsha Site Museum China Colour Lantern Museum Jianchuan Museum Cluster Liu Family Estate Museum, formerly Dayi Landlord Manor Exhibition Hall, in Anren, Dayi County
Tianjin Tianjin Museum Memorial to Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, Tianjin Tianjin Natural History Museum（Musée Hoangho Paiho） National Maritime Museum of China Tianjin Museum of Modern History
Tibet Autonomous Region Tibet Museum
Xinjiang Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Museum Khotan Cultural Museum Turpan Museum
Yunnan Lufeng Dinosaur Museum Yunnan Provincial Museum Yunnan Nationalities Museum Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology Yunnan Railway Museum Kunming.
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 Libraries in China List of universities in China List of World Heritage Sites in China List of tourist attractions in China
References
External links
Museums in China (English, by chinaculture.org) Museums in China overview China Museums directory 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