Guangdong Provincial Museum displays its collections in three main directions: the history, culture, and art of Guangdong, as well as the natural world. It is divided into four sections: the History Hall, the Natural Hall, the Art Hall, and the Temporary Exhibition Hall. As of December 2009, the museum's collection has exceeded 166,000 items/sets. In addition, the museum also has a collection of over 100,000 books and documents.
Guangzhou Museum, located in Zhenhai Tower, Yuexiu Mountain, Guangzhou, was officially opened to the public on February 11, 1929. It is one of the earliest museums established in China, collecting historical artifacts related to Guangzhou, organizing exhibitions, and conducting scientific research. Zhenhai Tower, the museum's location, was built in the 13th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1380) and has a history of over 630 years. It is a famous ancient building in Guangzhou and is known as the "First Tower South of the Five Ridges." "Zhenhai Layered Tower" and "Yuexiu Layered Tower" are among the Eight Sights of Yangcheng in the Qing Dynasty and modern times respectively.
Guangdong Folk Craft Museum
The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall became the Guangdong Folk Art Museum mainly because of the "Three Carvings, Three Sculptures, and One Iron Casting". The "Three Carvings" refer to stone carvings such as stone lions and stone drums at the entrance; brick carvings embedded on the walls on both sides of the gate, the left being "Water Margin Assembly Hall" and the right being "Liu Qing Subdues the Wolf Cub"; and the wood carvings of the four large screens at the entrance (including relief carvings and pierced carvings), wood carvings are found everywhere in the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall , the arched brackets are the specific embodiment of the exquisite wood carving art of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall. The "Three Sculptures" refer to the colored sculptures, gray sculptures, and ceramic sculptures that can be seen everywhere on the roofs of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall. The "One Iron Casting" refers to the superb iron casting crafts in the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall.
Guangzhou Art Museum is located on the lakeside at the foot of Baiyun Mountain, with a total investment of nearly one billion yuan. The Art Museum is a modern large-scale art museum that is unique in the country, integrating the halls of famous artists, thematic exhibition halls, and exchange exhibition halls. Masters of the Lingnan School of Painting such as Guan Shanyue, Zhao Shao'ang, Li Xiongcai, Yang Shanshen, and Yang Zhiguang, as well as calligraphy and painting masters like Lai Shaoqi and Liao Bingxiong, and collectors such as Ou Chu and Zhao Tailai, all have dedicated halls named after them in the Art Museum. Guangzhou Art Museum is now a patriotic education base and is free and open to the public.
The museum preserves relics from the Qin Dynasty to the Republic of China, including a tangible history book reflecting the development of Guangzhou city. It is praised as the essence of Guangzhou's historical and cultural significance and an important window to understand the city's development.
One of the important artistic landmarks in Guangzhou, it is a cultural base for improving the artistic quality of the people, strengthening public cultural education and art appreciation; it regularly holds different exhibitions.
Wanglaoji Herbal Tea Museum
Wanglaoji Herbal Tea Museum is located at the foot of Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou. It was built by Wanglaoji to celebrate the 185th anniversary of the brand's founding, and took two years to complete. The museum is located in the Shen Nong Cao Tang Garden within the Baiyunshan Jiulong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., and is the world's largest and most technologically advanced herbal tea museum with a rich collection.
