Yuyao Museum

Yuyao Museum is located at the western foot of Longquan Mountain in the beautiful Yuyao urban area. [...]

Yuyao Museum is located at the western foot of Longquan Mountain in the beautiful Yuyao urban area. It is a harmonious combination of ancient buildings and modern buildings, and is a unique landmark building in Yuyao. The basic exhibition of Yuyao Museum is ‘Ten Thousand Households by the Misty River – Yuyao Ancient Civilization Exhibition’, which is divided into five parts: preface hall, Yaojiang cultural context, famous city in the southeast, famous land of literature, and rhyme of Yaojiang River. More than a thousand pieces of various fine cultural relics, representative cultural relics and precious classics from the Neolithic Age to the Ming and Qing Dynasties are on display, including pottery, porcelain, bone ware, stoneware, jade ware, gold and silver ware, bronze ware, bamboo ware, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, rare ancient books, etc., which can be described as a dazzling array of exquisite works. The entire exhibition uses modern means, combined with ornamental multimedia and scene layout, to display the colorful historical picture scroll of Yaojiang culture from multiple angles and at multiple levels, focusing on presenting the long-standing Hemudu culture, Yue kiln celadon culture, celebrity culture, academic culture and ancient Yue culture of Yuyao. It fully interprets the humanistic charm and regional charm of Yuyao as a famous city in the southeast and a famous land of literature, and deeply reflects the rich cultural accumulation of Yuyao. Stepping into Yuyao Museum is like entering a treasure trove of Yuyao’s local products and a cultural temple of a famous historical city. While feeling the elegance of history, people can appreciate and experience the long history and profoundness of Yaojiang culture.


Opening hours: Closed all day on Monday throughout the year; open from 08:30 to 17:00 from Tuesday to Sunday from May 1st to September 30th; open from 09:00 to 16:30 from Tuesday to Sunday from October 1st to December 31st; open from 09:00 to 16:30 from Tuesday to Sunday from January 1st to April 30th; open from 08:30 to 17:00 on New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.


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