The famous museum in Suzhou, designed by international architects, is like a landscape garden.

It is said that if you want to know the history of a city, you must visit the local museum. Then how can you miss Suzhou Museum when you come to Suzhou? It was designed by the world-famous international architect Mr. I.M. Pei. Mr. I.M. Pei spent his whole life designing a museum for his hometown Suzhou, which can be said to be a cultural event and an honor for Suzhou.

Mr. Bei Lao's love for his hometown is vividly displayed in Suzhou Museum. This building in the corner of the south of the Yangtze River has attracted the attention of the whole world and made countless architectural lovers crazy, so you must visit Suzhou Museum when you come to Suzhou, or you will come to Suzhou in vain.

Subo new museum is located in the historical protection block, adjacent to the Humble Administrator's Garden, a world cultural heritage, and the national key cultural relics protection unit, the Loyalty Palace of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Specifically, it is located in the west of Zhongwangfu, north of Northeast Street, east of Qimen Road and south of Humble Administrator's Garden. It mainly consists of two parts: the new museum and the Zhongyi Palace (the old museum). In the new museum, you can see pottery from ancient times to modern times, and in the loyal palace, you can see Soviet-style paintings.

The new museum is divided into three roads: East, West and Middle. The three-dimensional building in the middle road is in the form of a palace, and the beam square is decorated with Soviet-style painting. The side door at the entrance has wisteria planted in Wen Zhiming, and the classical stage of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is on the east side. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The design of the new museum combines the traditional architectural style of Suzhou, placing the museum between courtyards to make the building in harmony with its surrounding environment.

The main courtyard of the museum is an extension of the architectural style of the Humble Administrator's Garden in the north and a modern interpretation. Courtyard gets rid of the traditional landscape design ideas in landscaping design. The new design ideas are to seek new directions and themes for each garden, and constantly excavate and refine the essence of traditional landscape design to form the future development direction of China gardens.

The whole museum is a traditional Suzhou garden style, with strewn at random, dark gray roof and white walls. The whole museum is like a small garden. There are also four permanent exhibitions with Suzhou characteristics: Wu Di Yi Zhen, Wu Ta Bao Guo, Ya He Wu Men Painting and Calligraphy. In addition, there is a folk custom exhibition, where you can learn about Suzhou's customs and habits, and you can also visit the ancient buildings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and feel the scene at that time.

Generally speaking, it is a masterpiece of a digital museum. Her style, style, advanced internal functions, perfect operating procedures and scientific layout all shine with the brilliance of modern architecture.

At the same time, it is an enlarged courtyard in China and a unique Suzhou garden. Even the two vines in the museum were specially selected from the roots of wisteria planted by Wen Zhiming, the fourth elder of Jiangnan, for grafting, and all the information of Chinese civilization flowed and passed on.

Tips:

1. During the epidemic, the museum needs to make an appointment in advance to enter, and the flow of people is limited. Reservations must be made in advance, and it is closed to the public on Tuesdays and Sundays.

2. Opening hours: The library will be closed from 9: 00 to 17: 00 and 16:00 from Tuesday to Sunday; Closed on Monday (normally open on legal holidays), which may be temporarily closed for major activities or maintenance.

3. Transportation: Take bus 1, 2, 5, 55, 178, 202, 309, 3 13, 5 18, 529 and 923 and get off at Suzhou Museum Station.