Originating in 1933 as the Preparatory Office of the National Central Museum initiated by Cai Yuanpei, Nanjing Museum is one of China’s first large-scale comprehensive museums and ranks among the country's top national institutions. The complex features a signature layout consisting of "One Museum, Six Halls" (Historical Hall, Art Hall, Special Exhibition Hall, Intangible Cultural Heritage Hall, Republic of China Hall, and Digital Hall), bridging ancient civilization and 20th-century cultural heritage.
Originating in 1933 as the Preparatory Office of the National Central Museum initiated by Cai Yuanpei, Nanjing Museum is one of China’s first large-scale comprehensive museums and ranks among the country's top national institutions. The complex features a signature layout consisting of "One Museum, Six Halls" (Historical Hall, Art Hall, Special Exhibition Hall, Intangible Cultural Heritage Hall, Republic of China Hall, and Digital Hall), bridging ancient civilization and 20th-century cultural heritage.
Selected Exhibitions
Houses over 400,000 cultural relics spanning the Paleolithic period to contemporary times. Highlights include imperial Ming and Qing porcelain, early jade and bronze artifacts, Southern Dynasties brick relief murals, traditional Jiangsu crafts, and an immersive life-sized recreation of an early-20th-century streetscape in the Republic of China Hall.
Houses over 400,000 cultural relics spanning the Paleolithic period to contemporary times. Highlights include imperial Ming and Qing porcelain, early jade and bronze artifacts, Southern Dynasties brick relief murals, traditional Jiangsu crafts, and an immersive life-sized recreation of an early-20th-century streetscape in the Republic of China Hall.
