[2024 Wuxi Attraction] Travel Guide for Wuxi Museum (Updated Sep)
Museums
Address:
No. 100, Zhongshu Road, Liangxi District, Wuxi City
Opening times:
Opens at 09:00-17:00(Admission ends at 16:00)Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Phone:
0510-85727500,0510-85727600
Wuxi Museum Virtual Western Art Gallery
The Wuxi Museum Virtual Western Art Gallery is located on the basement level of the museum's central hall. The gallery breaks through the traditional framework of physical museum displays by using multimedia technology to create a virtual simulation space. Through high-tech methods and multimedia forms, it virtually simulates reality and systematically showcases the development history, schools, representative figures, and classic works of the four main categories of Western art: architecture, painting, sculpture, and music. This aims to inherit excellent human art culture, enhance the various functions of the art gallery, and serve the public.
Wuxi Museum
Christina Klein
A City of Charm, Stories of Centuries—Exhibition of Old Photos from Yunhe Garden and Wuxi Museum Collection
I visited the exhibition 'A City of Charm, Stories of Centuries—Exhibition of Old Photos from Yunhe Garden and Wuxi Museum Collection' at the Wuxi Museum, which is a permanent exhibition of the museum.
Yunhe Garden was the former residence of Mr. Yang Shijian's grandfather, Yang Weiyun, a famous figure in Jiangnan during the late Qing Dynasty. It is located at No. 5 Changda Lane, Wuxi City. This private garden, showcasing a blend of Chinese and Western styles, is also a microcosm of modern Wuxi garden construction and cultural heritage. In early 2017, Mr. Yang Shijian donated a batch of precious image materials from his home to the Wuxi Museum.
The exhibition 'A City of Charm, Stories of Centuries—Exhibition of Old Photos from Yunhe Garden and Wuxi Museum Collection' features more than 140 old photos. In addition to the 102 photos donated by Mr. Yang Shijian, about 40 photos were carefully selected from the old photo collection of the Wuxi Museum. These photos mainly reflect the urban construction of Wuxi since the founding of New China, and also provide a glimpse into the city's development and cultural changes. Despite the passage of a hundred years, the old photos may have faded and yellowed, but the old city scenery in the images still seems within reach, and the people living in the old city remain as vivid as ever.
Wuxi Museum
Christina Klein
Exhibition: Elegant Charm of Clay Sculptures - Huishan Clay Figurines Art Exhibition
At the Wuxi Museum, I visited the 'Elegant Charm of Clay Sculptures - Huishan Clay Figurines Art Exhibition,' which is one of the permanent exhibitions at the Wuxi Museum.
Huishan clay figurines are a unique art form from the famous southern city of Wuxi, exuding the fragrance of the earth. This excellent traditional craft has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage and has a thousand-year cultural tradition. Since their inception, Huishan clay figurines have been imbued with the unique customs and traditions of the Jiangnan region. In their development process, besides being influenced by various social factors such as politics, economy, and culture, the temples, gardens, ancestral halls, neighborhoods, opera, carvings, temple fairs, incense associations of Wuxi Huishan, and the 'rice markets' along the Grand Canal and the ancient canals of Wuxi, have all impacted the artistic characteristics of Huishan clay figurines.
Wuxi Museum
Christina Klein
Exhibition: Purple Jade and Golden Sand - Yixing Clay Art Exhibition
I visited the 'Purple Jade and Golden Sand - Yixing Clay Art Exhibition' at the Wuxi Museum. This is a permanent exhibition at the Wuxi Museum.
Yixing clay pottery is an art that turns stone into gold. According to legend, a monk sold 'prosperous soil,' leading locals to discover the use of Yixing clay. For thousands of years, they used clay to make pottery. By the Ming Dynasty, they consciously used Yixing clay, which had higher green body strength and lower firing shrinkage, to make pottery. They innovatively used techniques like 'beating the body' and 'inlaying the body' to shape teapots. The emergence of Yixing clay ware in the Ming Dynasty marked an improvement in raw materials, shapes, forming techniques, practicality, and aesthetics. On the other hand, the development of Chinese tea culture led to continuous updates in tea sets. The way of drinking tea changed in the Ming Dynasty, from boiling tea to steeping tea. This new form of tea drinking called for the emergence and popularity of Yixing teapots. The excellent material of Yixing clay also brought out the natural beauty of tea leaves. Currently, Yixing clay craftsmanship is in a golden age. Over hundreds of years, through the creative practice of countless masters and great craftsmen, it has developed into a unique system within Chinese pottery.
Wuxi Museum
Christina Klein
Today's recommended attractions
🌳Wuxi Tourism | Museums worth visiting!!
🌵Wuxi Museum, located at 100 Zhongshu Road, Liangxi District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, is formed by the merger of the original Wuxi Museum, Wuxi Revolutionary Exhibition Hall, and Wuxi Science Museum. 🌿Wuxi Museum is now a national first-class museum and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.
🚗For self-driving, directly search for Wuxi Museum. Metro: Line 1, Qingmingqiao Station, Exit 5.
🅿️Parking: There is an underground parking lot, 10 yuan per time.
🎫Tickets: Free, no reservation required, just bring your ID card and swipe it on-site.
🌴Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00~17:00 (entry stops after 16:00), closed on Mondays. A must-visit.
🌺Wuxi Museum is divided into three areas: East, Central, and West, with 5 floors above ground and 1 floor underground.
🌸The East area is the Science Museum, with various interactive projects, similar to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, but smaller.
🌼The Central area is the painting and calligraphy exhibition, with many old photos and paintings.
🏵️The West area is the Wuxi history and culture exhibition, the best part, showcasing Wuxi's development history, Yixing Zisha, Wuxi Dafu, Wuxi's war history, and exhibits in cooperation with the Ningxia Museum. 🌻What attracts me the most are the hand-made clay sculptures, each very cute.
🌹In the West area, there are free guided tours at 13:00, 14:00, and 15:00 in the afternoon.
🌷The underground floor is a must-visit, besides the temporary art exhibition, there is a long-term exhibition imitating the Louvre. Although it is known to be a replica, stepping into the hall is still stunning.
💐Nearby travel destinations
🌴Wuxi City Library, right across the road from Wuxi Museum, it takes less than a minute to feel the learning atmosphere.
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A Day Trip to Wuxi
Nanjing university students visited Wuxi on a scorching hot day, and it was insanely hot.
1⃣️ Got up at 6:30 in the morning to catch the high-speed train 🚅 from Nanjing South at around 8:00 (really sleepy, could hardly open my eyes, you guys don't need to get up so early because it might not take that long).
2⃣️ After arriving in Wuxi, you can store your luggage first (here directly at the subway 🚇 station for free, don't look for luggage lockers, they are really unreliable). The subway staff will have you register your name and phone number, and give you a number tag, just come back to collect it when you're done, the guys and girls are really enthusiastic!
3⃣️ The first stop was Donglin Academy, directly accessible by subway, 500m walk from Donglin Square Station Exit 1 to the east entrance of Donglin Academy. If you want to check in at the main gate, remember to walk out of the south exit! The fountain inside Donglin Academy is really beautiful and worth taking photos of 📸.
4⃣️ Then, you can take a bus from Donglin Academy to Nanchan Temple, just two stops and two yuan (it's best to have coins ready, I couldn't open Alipay at the time, luckily I brought coins with me, it was super embarrassing 😳). There are many people offering incense at Nanchan Temple, and if you're interested, you can buy some at the entrance! Although it's not expensive, remember to shop around.
5⃣️ At Tianning Temple, we ordered the Overlord Tea Ji, which was a new product called Wanli Magnolia, ordered two cups, and got a badge blind bag, in which I pulled out a treasure ship 🚢. The new product is really the taste of Assam milk tea, those who like Assam can give it a try, the tea flavor is quite strong.
6⃣️ Then we walked to Nanchang Street, not far, but it was really hot in the scorching sun, almost killed me!!! The Xinwanxin on Nanchang Street is really delicious, Wuxi's special silver thread noodles hahaha, I had the chicken soup base, the red soup base is also very good, served with sweet and sour ribs, really fragrant, worth a try, and not expensive, a bowl of noodles is only 10 yuan, plus some side dishes, the average cost per person is just over 50.
7⃣️ After lunch, we took a taxi to the Wuxi Museum (it's quite far, if you don't want to ride a shared bike 🚲 or a shared electric scooter 🛵, just choose to take a taxi, it's not expensive, Didi is only about ten yuan). Wuxi Museum is quite large, if you look carefully, it will take a long time to visit.
8⃣️ The last stop was Sanyang Plaza, needless to say, Sanyang Plaza is really Wuxi's small Xinjiekou, very large, takes a long time to explore, we also went to Xiaolou Lane, but because it was too hot, we didn't stay long and just wandered in the mall until the end.
Today's expense was 150↔️, discovered another city suitable for budget travel, hahahaha (maybe not suitable for budget travel, it's just that I'm rather poor).
LiamMcCormick
Wuxi Museum | 'The Charm of Wuxi' - Stories of the City of Wuxi
Wuxi is a historic and cultural city in the south of the Yangtze River and is also one of the important economic cities in the country. The profound cultural heritage and excellent industrial and commercial traditions have run through the entire historical development of Wuxi, forming its unique local culture. The story of this lakeside and hilly region has been unfolding since the late Neolithic period.
The discovery of the Gaochengdun site of the Liangzhu culture and the Shengcheng site of the Maqiao culture indicates that our ancestors, through relentless labor and creation, started the civilization process from clan tribes to ancient states. By the Zhou Dynasty, Taibo fled to Wu, settled in Meili, and opened a new chapter in Wuxi's history.
They not only brought advanced cultural technologies and dug the first artificial canal, the Boji River, but also created the Wu culture centered on agriculture and warfare.
Since the establishment of the county in the Western Han Dynasty, Wuxi has experienced three major waves of immigration, and the impact and exchange of cultures from the north and south have injected new vitality into the economic development of Wuxi. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Wuxi became one of the economically prosperous areas in the country, and since modern times, the century-long prosperity of Wuxi's industrial and commercial economy has been particularly eye-catching.
The geographical advantage of being close to the river and lake, and accessible from all directions, the cultural genes of braving thorns and being pragmatic and innovative, along with the creative spirit of the people's relentless exploration and pioneering struggle, have together nurtured the splendid flower of modern China's industrial and commercial culture. Wuxi has become the birthplace of China's national industrial and commercial industry.
Wuxi, a city of utmost virtue and talent, has been home to numerous outstanding individuals. In the tumultuous revolutionary struggles and the magnificent socialist construction, countless Wuxi-born righteous scholars have taken on the historical mission of national rejuvenation, writing the magnificent epic of the Chinese nation with their youth and blood.
They are outstanding representatives of the descendants of Yan and Huang, the backbone of the Chinese nation, and the pride of the people of Wuxi. These outstanding figures, nurtured by the Wuxi culture that values virtue and education, have endowed Wuxi with a richer historical and cultural connotation. The thousands of years of Wuxi's humanistic history have been enhanced by their presence, adding a stirring sense of righteousness...
🏠 Name: Wuxi Museum.
📍 Address: No. 100 Zhongshu Road, Wuxi, exhibition hall on the first floor of the west area.
🧩 Exhibition: 'The Charm of Wuxi' - Stories of the City of Wuxi.
🕰 Time: 9:00-17:00.
🎫 Ticket: Free.
🚌 Transport: 10 minutes walk from Exit 5 of Qingmingqiao Station on Metro Line 1.
🚗 Parking: Underground parking at Wuxi Museum, or at the underground parking of Maoye Building.
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The ancient town of Huishan in the museum
In Wuxi, a famous city in Jiangnan, there is an artistic gem that exudes the fragrance of soil, which is the excellent national traditional craft listed as a national intangible cultural heritage - Huishan clay figurines.
Huishan clay figurines, artistic gems, clay sculptures of street scenes, vivid and lifelike.
The Wuxi Museum, located in the central square of Taihu Lake in Wuxi City, adjacent to the Wuxi City Library, is a local comprehensive museum that integrates display, scientific research and art appreciation. It was formed by the merger of the original Wuxi Revolution Exhibition Hall, Wuxi City Museum, and Wuxi City Science Museum, and officially opened to the public on October 1, 2008...