Which museum in Xiamen is worth visiting?

Xiamen is one of the coastal cities in China. Many friends plan to visit here during the summer vacation, but if you want to understand this city, the museum is a place you must visit and understand the history and culture of Xiamen. So which museums in Xiamen are worth visiting?

1. Xiamen Museum

The Xiamen Museum was established in 1983 and officially opened to the public in 1988. The original site of the old museum is located in Bagua Tower on Gulangyu Island. In 2007, the new main museum was moved to the Xiamen Culture and Art Center in Siming District, Xiamen. It is 6 times larger than the original one and is a local comprehensive museum.

There are nearly 30,000 cultural relics in the collection, and 3,983 cultural relics have been identified as grade three or above, among which ancient ceramics, calligraphy and painting, jade, stone carvings, folk cultural relics, and international friendship gifts are the most distinctive.

The opening hours of each venue:

Note: The opening hours of different venues are different. Please refer to the actual opening hours and region.

Current location: The Overseas Chinese Museum was founded in 1956 by the famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader Tan Kah Kee. It was built and opened in 1959. It is the first cultural institution in China funded by overseas Chinese. The whole hospital covers an area of ??12,500 square meters. There are more than 6,000 cultural relics in the collection, as well as more than 3,000 overseas Chinese cultural relics, objects and a large number of overseas Chinese historical materials, as well as more than 20,000 historical photos, negatives, partial family trees, audio and video materials of overseas Chinese, etc.

Opening hours: 10:00-19:00 (admission ends at 18:30, closed on Mondays)

Location address: No. 493, Siming South Road, Xiamen City, Fujian Province

Reservation time: Make a real-name reservation at least 1 day in advance.

2. Overseas Chinese Museum

The Xiamen Olympic Museum is the first Olympic museum in China approved by the International Olympic Committee and the Chinese Olympic Committee. It is also one of the 28 members of the International Federation of Olympic Museums. Most of the exhibits in the museum are Olympic-related cultural relics and souvenirs collected by Mr. Wu during his 20 years as a member of the International Olympic Committee, including more than 11,000 Olympic torches, medals, stamps, badges, commemorative coins, mascots, etc.

Opening hours: 9:00-17:30 (no admission at 17:00); closed every Monday

Location address: No. 10, Luling Road, Siming District (Luling Road and Huandao East Road)

Ticket price: 50 yuan for adults, 35 yuan for children and students.

3. Xiamen Olympic Museum

Gulangyu Piano Museum is located in Tingtaoxuan, Guzhuang Garden. Divided into two exhibition halls and a piano gallery. The museum was donated by the old teacher Hu Youyi. He donated more than 100 world-famous fortepianos and 100 fortepiano light stands collected throughout his life to his hometown of Gulangyu Island, creating China's first piano museum.

Currently, Xinzhuang Garden is open to the public free of charge until August 31, and reservations can be made in advance.

Opening hours:

Xizhuang Garden: 8:00-18:00, the latest entry time is 17:30.

Piano Museum: 8:15-17:45 (winter) 18:15 (summer)

Location address: No. 7, Gangzihou Road, Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, located in Xunzhuang Garden.

4. Gulangyu Piano Museum

The Organ Museum is the only organ museum in China and the largest in the world. There are many types of organ collections in the museum. Due to the renovation and upgrading of the Bagua Building, some ancient institutions in the original exhibition hall were moved to the temporary exhibition hall for exhibition.

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Currently, the Gulangyu Island Institutional Museum is open to the public free of charge until August 31, and admission must be made in advance.

Opening hours: 8:15-18:15, admission closed at 17:45.

Lecture time: 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30 in the morning; afternoon: 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock, 5 o'clock

Exhibition hall address:

Original exhibition hall (Bagua Building): No. 43, Guxin Road

Temporary exhibition hall: No. 69, Fuxing Road, Gulangyu Island.

Organ Art Center

If you like music and want to experience the best experience in the Island of Music, don’t miss the Organ Art Center.

The collection "Boston-Emmanuel Hall Casavante Opus 700 Organ", its size, timbre and decoration make it a veritable treasure of the museum. Concerts are often held here, and the design of the building makes the response to music smoother.

Attraction address: No. 1-4 Sanming Road, Gulangyu Island

Business hours: 8:15-17:45

Organ Art Center 10:00 am, 12:00 am :00 explanation and performance; 14:00 pm, 16:00 pm

5. Gulangyu Organ Museum

The China Records Museum is located in Huangrong Garden Hall, the "most romantic villa" on Gulangyu Island. The Record Museum has three floors. The first floor mainly includes: China Record Century Gallery, record production process display area, vinyl listening room, etc. The second floor mainly includes: Liyuan Classics - Four Flowers and Five Holes, Liyuan Classics - Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera, Cantonese Opera Nanyin, etc. The third floor is only open for special events.

Business hours: 9:00~17:30 (stop receiving customers from 17:00)

Address: Huangrong Garden Hall, No. 32 Fujian Road, Gulangyu Island

Ticket price: 78 yuan/person

Note: Xiamen Tourism Annual Card (Outdoor Sports Card) is free of charge.

6. China Record Museum

The Gulangyu Foreign Cultural Relics Museum of the Palace Museum, jointly built by the Xiamen Municipal Government and the Palace Museum, is the Palace Museum’s first local themed branch with centralized exhibitions. Foreign cultural relics from the Ming and Qing dynasties collected by the Palace Museum. This library is located at the "former site of the National Salvation Hospital and Nursing School" on Gulangyu Island (the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units).

Currently, the Gulangyu Foreign Cultural Relics Museum of the Forbidden City is open to the public for free until August 31, and reservations are required in advance.

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 (entry at 16:30); closed on Mondays (closed during winter, summer, summer and legal holidays)

Address: Gulangyu Island, Siming District No. 80 Guxin Road (former rescue hospital)