Don't miss these museums when you go to Suzhou, Jiangsu.

Speaking of Suzhou tourism, gardens, ancient temples and old streets are probably the places you must go. In fact, besides these, Suzhou Museum is also worth a visit! What, you said Su Bo had been there? Nonono, there is more than one museum in Suzhou. History, Opera and Handicrafts There are dozens of different types of museums in Suzhou, and the rich exhibits show all aspects of the city. Now, let's look at Bian Xiao's works.

Explore the long history of this ancient city.

Suzhou has a history of nearly 2500 years. In order to explore the past of this ancient city, it is a good way to visit the history museum. The precious cultural relics unearthed in the local area tell the mysterious story of the city and take people into the depths of her history.

Suzhou Museum

Speaking of Suzhou Museum, everyone probably knows it. Suzhou Museum is divided into two parts: the new museum and Zhong Yi Palace, in which the new museum was designed by the famous architect I.M. Pei. Simple style is full of Suzhou garden characteristics, and fully considers the needs of practical functions such as lighting.

This museum has a rich collection, including cultural relics, paintings and relics. It shows Wu's rich historical background and humanistic connotation. If you don't want to just glance at the flowers, but have a more detailed and in-depth understanding of museums and exhibits, you can follow a full-time tour guide or download the Suzhou Museum APP for a self-help tour. Every afternoon, the museum regularly shows short introductory films, and visitors can learn more about the museum by watching these films.

In addition, friends in the art shop in the museum must not miss it. The store sells many exquisite cultural and creative products, including postcards, bookmarks, paper tapes, scarves and luggage tags. The design is very clever and profound, which makes people fondle it, whether it is a collection or a gift.

Suzhou Museum

1. Suzhou Museum will hold exhibitions, lectures and educational activities from time to time. Please visit official website for details.

Suzhou Museum is close to Humble Administrator's Garden and Lion Forest, so you can enjoy it together.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00- 17:00.

Address: No.204 Northeast Street, Suzhou

Transportation: Take You 1 North Line/178 to Suzhou Museum (Humble Administrator's Garden, Lion Forest) Station and walk there.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Museum-Humble Administrator's Garden-Guanqian Street-Pingjiang Road

Suzhou Museum

Suzhou Museum was founded by Chen, director of Suzhou Museum. It has collected more than 2,400 pieces of cultural relics from different historical periods in China, including bronze mirrors, celadon, stone carvings, bronzes, tri-colored pottery of the Tang Dynasty, ancient pottery, purple sand, porcelain of the Tang and Song Dynasties and ancient art, showing Suzhou's profound cultural and historical background and superb technical level.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 9:00- 17:00 (closed on Monday)

Address: No.20 Hongxi Road, Hushuguan Economic Development Zone, Suzhou

Transportation: Take bus No.319 and No.328 and get off at Yunjincheng Station and walk.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Wudong Museum-Dabaidang Urban Ecological Park

revolutionary museum

The History Museum is a famous patriotic education base in Suzhou. The museum is divided into three exhibition halls: the period of new democratic revolution, the period of socialist revolution, the period of reform and opening up and the period of socialist modernization. Introduce the history of Suzhou's revolutionary struggle through historical photos, documents, objects and other exhibits.

Admission: free.

Address: Sanxiang Road 12 16

Transportation: Take No.2/No.303/No.262 and get off at the Second Affiliated Hospital (Sports Center) Station, and walk.

Recommended itinerary: Revolutionary History Museum-Xumen-Panmen Scenic Area

2 Feel the charm of China traditional opera.

Suzhou's traditional local dramas include Kunqu Opera, Pingtan and Su Ju. Kunqu Opera has a history of more than 600 years, and is known as the "ancestor of hundreds of operas", which is the treasure of China operas. The Peony Pavilion, The Palace of Eternal Life and The West Chamber are the classic plays of Kunqu Opera. Pingtan is the general name of Suzhou Pinghua and Tanci, and it is a folk art form of rap in Wu dialect. In the development process of more than 400 years, many singing styles and schools have been formed.

Suzhou has opera museums, including Kunqu Opera Museum and Pingtan Museum. Visitors can come here to learn about the history and culture of Suzhou traditional local opera and feel its unique charm.

China Kunqu Opera Museum

China Kunqu Opera Museum is a museum with the theme of Kunqu Opera. It has a classical stage and an indoor stage, and its exquisite architectural style and classical atmosphere make people want to stop. There are costumes, opera paintings, operas, wood carvings, stone carvings and other exhibits in the indoor exhibition hall. In addition, the model of Kunqu Opera performance venue vividly reproduces the grand stage performance of ancient Kunqu Opera. Visitors can learn more about the history and essence of Kunqu Opera.

Kun Opera Museum

1. Every Sunday, there will be a special weekly performance of Kunqu Opera, and "Dream in the Garden" will be staged. Tickets are required for viewing. In addition, exhibitions of various themes will be held from time to time.

2. Kunqu Opera Museum is adjacent to Pingtan Museum and can be visited together.

Admission: free admission, extra charge for watching the performance.

Opening hours: 8:30- 16:30.

Address: No.0/4, Zhongzhangjia Lane, Pingjiang District, Suzhou

Traffic tip: Take the subway 1 line and get off at Xiangmen Station. You can walk there.

Recommended itinerary: China Kunqu Opera Museum-Pingtan Museum-Pingjiang Road

Tantan Museum

Tantan Museum is a museum with the theme of Tantan. Through physical display, this paper introduces Tantan's entrepreneurial knowledge, learning skills and debut, as well as Tantan's performance standards. In addition, the bookstore model vividly reproduces the scene of the performance of pingtan in the teahouse bookstore in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and the characters and props are depicted in detail and interesting.

Tips: Every afternoon, the bookstore "Shenwuyuan" will have a pingtan performance.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 9:00- 17:00.

Address: No.3, Zhongzhangjia Lane, gusu district, Suzhou.

Traffic tip: Take the subway 1 line and get off at Xiangmen Station. You can walk there.

Recommended itinerary: China Kunqu Opera Museum-Pingtan Museum-Pingjiang Road

Amazing Suzhou handicrafts

Suzhou has a variety of handicrafts, from silk and Suzhou embroidery to stone carving, tablet carving and brick carving, which all reflect the wisdom and exquisite craftsmanship of the ancients. Suzhou has specialized museums with various themes, so that people can have a more comprehensive understanding of the history and development of this area.

Suzhou Silk Museum

Suzhou Silk Museum is located in the scenic spot of North Temple Tower. There are more than 700 cultural relics in the museum, which span a long time, from the Neolithic Age to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The museum's rich collections and detailed information show the history and present situation of China silk. In addition, we can also see the elegant demeanor of silk weaving machinery in different periods.

Suzhou Silk Museum

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 9:00- 17:00 (closed on Monday)

Address: No.2001Renmin Road, gusu district, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Traffic tips: Take bus 10 1 to Pingmen Station and walk.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Silk Museum-North Temple Tower-Guanqian Street

Suzhou embroidery art museum

Suzhou embroidery, as one of the four famous embroideries in China, has a history of more than two thousand years. Suzhou Embroidery Art Museum has a beautiful and lifelike collection of embroidery products from ancient times to the present, which shows the exquisite skills and extraordinary wisdom of embroidery artists. You can also learn about Suzhou's ancient scenery and customs through various embroidery products.

Tip: You can see the live embroidery performance in the museum.

Opening hours: 9:00- 1 1:00, 13:00- 16:00.

Address: Wang Song Temple, No.274 Jingde Road.

Transportation: Take bus No.33/301and get off at Jingde Road Campus Station of Children's Hospital. You can walk there.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Embroidery Art Museum-Huanxiu Mountain Villa-Guanqian Street-Pingjiang Road-Suzhou University

Suzhou Museum

Suzhou Arts and Crafts Museum, located in Wuzhai, is a "Shangzhi Hall" built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. There are more than ten kinds of exquisite handicrafts in the museum, such as Suzhou modern embroidery, sandalwood fans, wood carvings, stone carvings, Taohuawu woodcut New Year pictures, national musical instruments, metal handicrafts and Four Treasures of the Study. During the visit, visitors can learn about the history of Suzhou and marvel at the exquisite craftsmanship.

Suzhou Museum

Admission: Adult 5 yuan.

Opening hours: 9:00- 17:00.

Address: No.88 Northwest Street

Transportation: Take You 1 Lubei Line and get off at Pishi Street North Station and walk.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Arts and Crafts Museum-Suzhou Museum-Humble Administrator's Garden-Suzhou Folk Museum

Suzhou Ancient Stone Carving Art Museum

Suzhou ancient stone carving art museum is L.

Admission: 8 yuan, the Twin Towers.

Opening hours: 8:00- 16:30.

Address: Inside the Twin Towers, No.22 Dinghuisi Lane, Fenghuang Street, Suzhou

Transportation: Take You2 /40 East Line /89 /200 South Line and get off at Shuangta Station. You can walk there.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Ancient Stone Carving Art Museum-Twin Towers-Dinghui Temple

Suzhou Inscription Museum

Suzhou Inscription Museum, located in the Confucian Temple School, collects and displays ancient inscriptions, including four major inscriptions in the Song Dynasty, industrial and commercial inscriptions in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, agricultural economic inscriptions, modern calligraphy inscriptions and ancient calligraphy inscriptions. Visitors can learn about all aspects of ancient times here.

Suzhou Inscription Museum

Tips: The Confucian Temple School has preserved important historical buildings, including Xingmen Temple, Jimen Temple, Dacheng Temple, Chongsheng Temple, Qixingchi Temple and Minglun Temple, which are worth visiting.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 8:30- 16:00 (closed on Monday).

Address: No.613 Renmin Road, Canglang District

Transportation: Take Bus No.2 and get off at Worker cultural palace station, which is within walking distance.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Inscription Museum-Canglang Pavilion-Keyuan-Pingjiang Road

Suzhou Brick Sculpture Museum

Suzhou Brick Sculpture Museum is a private museum located in a secret alley. There are more than a thousand brick carvings in the museum in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most of which have been collected by the curator from all corners of Suzhou for more than ten years. The brick carving materials in the museum are mostly Lumu bricks, and each brick is carved with different themes, such as figures, birds and animals. Elegant and exquisite.

Admission: free.

Address: No.2-1,Su Fengli, Tianguanfang, Shi Xue Street, gusu district, Suzhou.

Transportation: Take bus No.33/301and get off at Jingde Road Campus Station of Children's Hospital. You can walk there.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Brick Sculpture Museum-Guanqian Street-Lion Forest-Pingjiang Road

Suzhou Ceramic Kiln Brick Museum

Imperial kiln is a special brick kiln for the imperial palace. The Imperial Kiln Golden Brick Museum displays 1000 pieces of gold bricks with inscriptions of different ages, which witnessed the rise and fall of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the history of China for hundreds of years. The production room in the museum also shows the production process of imperial kiln bricks, and visitors can also participate in the fun of making them.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 9:00- 17:00 (closed on Monday)

Address: No.95, Yangcheng Lake West Road, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou

Transportation: Take the 808/80 West Line and get off at the central station in the city center. You can walk there.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Imperial Kiln Golden Brick Museum-Huqiu Wetland Park

Suzhou Flower Window Museum

Su Hua Chuang Museum is the first museum with this theme in China. The collection of the museum is more than 3,300 Ming and Qing flower windows collected by the curator since the early 1990s. There are 300 flower windows and some Ming and Qing furniture displayed in the museum all the year round, and the exhibits are replaced every six months. In addition, visitors can also participate in manual experience activities.

Admission: free.

Address: No.645, Jianggan Road, gusu district, Suzhou, Jiangsu.

Traffic tip: Take bus No.925 and get off at Herun Jiayuan West Station, and walk.

Suzhou Shengqiao Road Museum

Suzhou Shengqiao Furnace Museum is the only museum in China with the theme of bronze furnace culture, which was founded by Master Chen Qiaosheng, the inheritor of traditional bronze furnace making skills. The museum displays the Ming and Qing bronze stoves collected by the Chen family and the exquisite bronze stoves made by the masters. Visitors can also learn about the complicated process of making copper furnaces through the exhibits of copper furnace making tools.

Admission: free.

Address: No.268, Yuanhe Wan Li Road (in Yuanhe Cultural and Creative Industry Park)

Transportation: Take Bus No.827 and get off at Likou Thermal Power Station, and walk.

Explore Suzhou's unique culture

There are some museums with unique themes in Suzhou, which are helpful to understand the local culture of Suzhou. It is worth a visit. Suzhou's garden culture, folk culture, champion culture, Chinese medicine culture and chamber of commerce culture can be found in professional museums.

Garden museum

Located in the west of Humble Administrator's Garden, the Garden Museum is the first garden theme museum in China. The museum introduced the history of gardens and gardening techniques. It is suggested to visit the garden before going, which is very helpful to understand the garden knowledge.

Garden museum

Admission: free.

Suzhou Coin Museum is a museum with the theme of coins, and most of its collections are donated by Sun. Visitors can see coins of different ages, formats and materials here, among which the ancient "Bei coins", cloth coins, knife coins, wife coins and ant nose coins in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are particularly eye-catching. Visitors can take this opportunity to learn about the origin and development history of money, and it is a characteristic museum worth visiting.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 8:00- 16:00.

Address: No.240 Northeast Street

Transportation: Take you 1 Lubei/178 Road /202 to Suzhou Museum, and then walk.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou National Treasure Coin Museum-Humble Administrator's Garden-Lion Forest

Suzhou Zodiac Stamp Museum

The world's first museum with the theme of Zodiac stamps has a collection of Zodiac stamps and stamp products issued by many countries on five continents since 1950, and it is one of the museums that stamp lovers and Zodiac researchers must visit. Visitors can learn about the culture and history of China Zodiac stamps while visiting the exhibits. There is also the zodiac post office in the museum. Visitors can buy opening commemorative stamps, opening and closing commemorative sets, and paste opening commemorative stamps, "Zodiac Post Office" stamps and Zodiac Post Office datestamp.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:30- 16:30.

Address: No.2 East An Yang Bang, Hanyuting West Road, Shantang Street, gusu district, Suzhou.

Traffic tip: Take Metro Line 2 and get off at Shantang Street Station. You can walk there.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Zodiac Stamp Museum-Shantang Street

Suzhou museum of traditional Chinese medicine

The Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine displays the medical classics, medical instruments, Suzhou native medicinal materials and other physical objects of Wumen Medical College, and also introduces the deeds of local famous doctors. Visitors can learn more about Chinese medicine and feel its profoundness.

Suzhou museum of traditional Chinese medicine

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 8:00- 17:00 (closed on Sunday).

Address: beside 3 14 Chinese medicine hospital, Jingde Road.

Transportation: Take No.204/No.65438+No.0 South Line/No.933 and get off at Jingde Road Campus Station of Children's Hospital and walk.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Suzhou Embroidery Art Museum

Suzhou police museum

Suzhou Police Museum used to be the inspector of Jiangsu Province and the inspector of Suzhou Municipal Government. After the Revolution of 1911, it was turned into the detention center of Jiangsu Provincial Higher Procuratorate (court), and Shi Liang, one of the Seven Gentlemen, was once held. This prison is called Seven Gentlemen Prison. The M-type building was designed by Mr. I.M. Pei's uncle. The most famous building is the guard room upstairs, which can monitor all the prison rooms in all directions.

Suzhou police museum

Tip: If you want to have a bird's eye view of the museum, you can take photos in the building next to the museum.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 9:30- 16:30.

Address: Longxiang, Xishan, Siqian Street (Great Hall of the People)

Transportation: Take the 40/931/511East Line to Jiliqiao Station and walk there.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Police Museum-Suzhou Planning Exhibition Hall

Suzhou Buddhist Museum

Suzhou Buddhist Museum is a must-visit museum for Buddhist history lovers. The museum displays the historical traces and realistic features of Suzhou Buddhism with objects, pictures, models and other exhibits. Visitors can learn about the temples since the Three Kingdoms and Five Dynasties, see more than 20 Buddha statues since the Tang Dynasty, and see all kinds of rare books, classics and cultural relics since the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the life stories of monks and customs since the Three Kingdoms and Five Dynasties can also be learned here.

Admission: free.

Address: Bao Guo Temple, No.3 Chuanxin Street.

Traffic tip: Take bus No.933 to Yinmaqiao Station and walk there.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Buddhist Museum-Suzhou Park-Dinghui Temple-Twin Towers

Suzhou chamber of commerce museum

Suzhou Chamber of Commerce Museum is located in Shantang Street, the former seat of Quanzhou Guild Hall. The museum shows the culture of Suzhou Modern Chamber of Commerce. Through historical materials and exhibits, we can see the grand occasion of Suzhou's commercial prosperity.

There are also a large number of merchant clubs in Shantang Street, such as Zhou Gang Club and Lingnan Club.

Suzhou chamber of commerce museum

Tickets: included in the Shantang Street joint ticket.

Address: No.0/92, Shantang Street, gusu district, Suzhou.

Traffic Tip: Take Metro Line 2 and get off at Shantang Street.

As the name implies, this is a museum with the theme of number one scholar. Interested friends must not miss it. The museum is located in the former residence of Pan, the champion of Qing Dynasty. There are many cultural relics related to the champion, including books, papers, champions, plaques and official uniforms, as well as champions' calligraphy, seals, inscriptions and couplets. Here, you can also learn interesting stories about Suzhou champions, such as the champions who are related by blood, such as father and son, grandparents, brothers, uncles, Weng Xu and so on. There is also an exhibition of cheating with cultural relics. You can feel the "wisdom" of ancient literati's derailment.

Suzhou Champion Museum

Admission: free.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00- 16:30.

Address: Niujia Lane, gusu district, Suzhou

Transportation: Take bus 178 and get off at Guanqian Street East Station, which is within walking distance.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Zhuangyuan Pavilion-Guanqian Street-Humble Administrator's Garden

Suzhou Folk Museum

Suzhou Folk Museum, located next to Lion Forest, is a museum that introduces the folk customs of Wu from ancient times to the present. There are many folk collections on display in the museum, which vividly and concretely show the wedding customs, holiday customs and food customs in Suzhou. There are also models of specific festivals and activities in the museum, which show the old life scenes in Suzhou in detail.

The museum is small in size, but it is rich in exhibits, which is worth the tourists' careful experience.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 8:00- 16:30.

Address: No.32 Panru Lane, Huayuan Road

Transportation: Take You 1 North Line /202 and get off at Suzhou Museum (Humble Administrator's Garden, Lion Forest) Station, then walk.

Recommended itinerary: Suzhou Folk Museum-Lion Forest-Guanqian Street-Pingjiang Road