[2025 Chengdu Attraction] Travel Guide for Sichuan University Museum (Updated May)

#chengdutrip A museum in Chengdu that truly deserves to be legendary! If you haven’t visited the Sichuan University Museum, you’re seriously missing out — this place is jaw-dropping in both its collections and its aesthetic spaces 😍 🐼 Panda Diplomacy Origins? Did you know? Back in 1938, two pandas named “Panda” and “Pan Dee” were brought to New York — marking a historic moment in panda diplomacy. These pandas were captured by hunters, kept at Huaxiba (华西坝) for 3 months, and then sent abroad. 👉 This moment was a symbol of early panda diplomacy between China and the world. 🧠 Not Just About Pandas… Sichuan University Museum has been world-famous since the 1940s. Its plant specimen collection was even listed in global reference books on botanical museums. 🌿 But what struck me most? The hidden corners, the museum architecture, and the artistic display of artifacts — everywhere you turn is photo-worthy. 📸 Where History Meets Aesthetic From stone carvings, archaeological relics, and folk costumes, to ceramics and plants — every section tells a story. And every display window or quiet corridor is a perfect photo op. ✨This place is seriously made for history lovers and photographers alike! #travel

📍Address: No. 19 Wangjiang Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan 🚗Transportation: Enter from the east gate of Sichuan University (closest to the museum). Take bus No. 19, 256, or community bus No. 1107 (Sichuan University East Gate Station) to get there directly. Enter from the north gate of Sichuan University. Take a bus to Moziqiao Station. Bus No. 76, 77, 34, 55, and 19 all stop here. 🎟️Tickets: Make a reservation in advance. Free admission. Reservations can be made up to 7 days in advance. University students aged 18–23 need to show their student ID. Visitors can enter the museum with the QR code of their reservation or a valid ID card or passport. Seniors aged 60 and above can exchange their ID card for a free ticket at the ticket center. ⏰Opening hours: 9:00 am. Last admission: 4:30 pm. Closing time: 5:00 pm. Closed on Mondays. 👍🎤Sichuan University Museum was founded in 1914. It is the first comprehensive university museum in China and the oldest museum in a Chinese university. With its long history, rich collection, combination of humanities and nature, distinctive regional characteristics, and solid research tradition, the museum stands out among university museums worldwide. It reopened last July with a brand-new look, featuring a dazzling array of natural specimens and cultural relics. This year, it was successfully rated as a national first-class museum! The museum's basic exhibition is themed "Southwest China: A Land of Diversity" and is divided into four parts: nature, archaeology, folklore, and ethnic groups. The "treasure of the museum" is a Tang Dynasty standing Bodhisattva statue, which was praised by Guo Moruo as the "Chinese Venus" and is also known as the "Oriental Venus" (cover photo 1). In the painting and calligraphy art exhibition hall, there is the only surviving work known to be a collaboration between two Yuan Dynasty masters, Huang Gongwang and Wang Meng, "Landscape Painting" (photo 18), and Zhang Daqian's "Huangshan Pine and Cloud Painting" (photo 19)... Entering here is like stepping into the natural and cultural world of Southwest China. In this "all-embracing" Sichuan University Museum, there is an endless array of splendid history and culture, and the wonders of nature...

Have you not seen the west gate of Yizhou City, with two tall stalagmites standing on the road? It is said to be the eye of the sea since ancient times, with moss eroding all traces of waves. In the southwest, snow flows into the rivers. A symphony of all things, a heart-beating land. The seven veins and six rivers that cross the natural area create complex and diverse microhabitats and microclimates, giving birth to magical and unique wild animals and colorful plants. Mount Emei, the fairy mountain of Shu Kingdom, is majestic and beautiful. Mount Emei, a famous scenic spot in Shu, is a place where nature and humanity converge. It has profound cultural heritage and extremely rich biodiversity. In the fertile Chengdu Plain in western Sichuan, water flows constantly and grass and trees are evergreen. The network of irrigation canals nourishes the fertile soil and gives birth to all things, creating a unique farming civilization in western Sichuan. Sichuan University stirs up the sections of history, and field archaeology is gathered in the museum space. Excavation, organization, research, publication and exhibition together bear witness to the ancient history of this area of ​​Sichuan. Explain and understand the culture and nature of Southwest China. All things get their harmony to live and their nourishment to grow. Living by the water, passing on the torch. In this land of abundance where people have never experienced famine or floods, life in the city is lively and vibrant. The natural environment supports everything. When people gather together, they present a variety of colors. Living in Sichuan, I am very lucky and blessed. Sichuan University Museum

Address: No. 19 Wangjiang Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province Sichuan University Museum is a comprehensive museum It is a national first-class museum The total building area of the museum is 15,000 square meters The exhibition halls are divided into 4 floors Sichuan University Museum has a rich and diverse collection Including the Archaeology Exhibition Hall, Stone Carving Art, Folklore Exhibition Hall, Ethnology Exhibition Hall, Ancient Porcelain Hall, etc. It is really worth visiting You can inquire about volunteer guides at the front desk Or you can tour the exhibitions on your own The tour takes about 3 hours Each floor has different exhibits It is very meaningful

I made a spontaneous decision to come and have a look, and it was quite convenient with online reservations on site. The Sichuan University Museum is located at No. 19 Wangjiang Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu City, and is a comprehensive museum in domestic universities. Its predecessor was the West China Union University Relics Museum, which began preparations in 1914. In 1952, West China University was reorganized into Sichuan Medical College, and the West China University Museum was transferred to Sichuan University and renamed 'Sichuan University Historical Museum'. In 1984, the Sichuan University Historical Museum was separated from the History Department and officially named 'Sichuan University Museum'. In May 2005, the new museum building located in the Wangjiang Campus of Sichuan University was completed. The first phase of the Sichuan University Museum group was completed at the end of 2022. As of the end of 2019, the Sichuan University Museum had a collection of more than 85,465 pieces/sets.

|We stand in time, either long-lost reunion, or familiar at first sight. And friends meet again to see the exhibition When we stand there, there is a sense of time travel Through the glass, it's a thousand years of time - The predecessor of Sichuan University Museum was the West China Union University Museum, established in 1914, which is the first comprehensive university museum in China, with more than 80,000 cultural relics, more than 140,000 animal specimens, and more than 840,000 plant specimens 1F/2F: Basic display (composed of four exhibition halls: nature, archaeology, folklore, and ethnic) 3F: Natural special exhibition (composed of the tree of life, nature and man, and exploring the essence of life) 4F: Art special exhibition (ancient porcelain, calligraphy and painting, costumes) -1F: Sichuan Mansion Qianhua·Jinshui Han Zhang Temporary exhibition end time: February 25, 2024 A page of the 'Yongle Encyclopedia' Southwest Orphan Copy - I personally really like the 4th floor art special exhibition, starting from the 4th floor, the whole exhibition hall is atmospheric and transparent, the exhibits are very exquisite, and I can't bear to leave. There are timed volunteer explanations on each floor of the museum. This time I met several primary school volunteer explanations, full of cultural pride, so good - 🏺Sichuan University Museum 🎫: Free tickets, can be booked 7 days in advance, non-holidays can be booked on the same day, holidays are recommended to book in advance 🕐: 09:00-17:00 Closed on Mondays

🌝This Mid-Autumn Festival, I came to the Sichuan University Museum, a large-scale university museum, with great interest. The entire museum has four floors, each displaying different content, which is dazzling. 🌟First is the first floor, which displays the mountains in the southwestern part of China and the archaeological excavations and research on Sanxingdui by the sages. The cultural relics and historical traces displayed here have given me a deeper understanding of the history and culture of this land. 🌟Next is the second floor, which displays the lifestyles of various ethnic groups. The jewelry and daily necessities of ethnic minorities such as the Yi and Miao are displayed in a dazzling array. I particularly like the silver head ornaments of the Miao nationality, which sparkle under the light. Imagining myself wearing such a headdress and running in the sun, I seem to be in that beautiful tribe. 🌟The third floor is the Science Museum, which displays various peculiar creatures, from single cells to paramecium, which opened my eyes. There is also an area displaying animals and insects. I particularly like one of the walls, which is full of countless beautiful butterflies. They form a colorful butterfly wall, which is so beautiful that it is intoxicating. 🌟The top floor is the ethnic costume exhibition area. Although the area is not large, it is my favorite exhibition area. It displays a variety of exquisite ethnic costumes, snuff bottles, and jade articles. Whether it is craftsmanship or details, it is unforgettable, making me feel like I have traveled to the ancient court and the full scenery of ethnic culture. 💁In this Sichuan University Museum, I witnessed a small part of the colorful world. The beauty of the nation, the wonders of science and technology, the magic of nature, and the gorgeousness of clothing are all displayed here, giving me a deeper understanding of the diversity of the world. 🏡Place name: Sichuan University Museum 🔬Location: No. 19 Wangjiang Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu

The new museum, which has been open for just over a month, is incomparable to the old museum I visited ten years ago. The venue is grand, the exhibits are numerous, and the sincerity is full. This museum can also be said to be the history museum of Sichuan University. Many of the cultural relics were collected by foreign priests and teachers who went deep into the Tibetan, Kang, and Yi areas of western Sichuan before 1949. The value of these collections is self-evident. The costumes, Shu embroidery and other crafts on the 3rd and 4th floors highlight the characteristics of Sichuan. The wonderfulness of the visit far exceeds expectations. I think it can be ranked alongside the Sichuan Museum and the Chengdu Museum as one of the three major museums in Chengdu.