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Changzhou Museum 常州博物馆Chángzhōu Bówùguǎn
4A scenic area · Changzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Changzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Changzhou Museum
Changzhou's main city museum, founded in 1958 and housed since 2007 in a large modern building beside the civic square in Xinbei District. Its history galleries run from Liangzhu-culture jades and early green-glazed stoneware to Song and Yuan lacquer and porcelain and Ming and Qing painting, and it also has a natural history museum for children. It is rated a national first-grade museum.
How to get to Changzhou Museum
In Xinbei District about 4 km north of the old city centre, roughly 10 minutes' walk from Shimin Guangchang station on Metro Line 1. Closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jin Garden 近园 (under 10 km), China Dinosaurs Park 中华恐龙园 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Qu Qiubai 瞿秋白故居 (under 10 km), Hongmei Park 红梅公园 (under 10 km), Old Grand Canal and Nandajie District 古运河南大街 (under 10 km), Tang Family Residences, Qingguo Lane 唐氏民宅 (under 10 km).
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