Nanjing Museum

Visitor information

Also known as

南京博物院

Scenic area grade

4A

City

Nanjing

Address

No. 321, Zhongshan East Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province

Opening hours

09:00-17:00 daily, ticket checking stops at 16:00, closed on Mondays (except statutory holidays), New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month 73

Ticket

Free (except for temporary exhibitions and performances organized in accordance with market-oriented operations) 73

Coordinates

32.0429527, 118.8193491

About Nanjing Museum

Nanjing Museum, located at No. 321 Zhongshan East Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, is a deputy department-level institution directly under the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and one of the three major museums in China, referred to as "Nanjing Museum". Its predecessor was the National Central Museum initiated by Cai Yuanpei and others in the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1933). It is the earliest museum in China and the first large-scale comprehensive museum in China invested and built by the state. It is now a large-scale comprehensive national museum, one of the first batch of national first-level museums, one of the first batch of national museums jointly built by the central and local governments, a national AAAA tourist attraction, a national key cultural relics protection unit and China’s 20th century architectural heritage.

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