Yangzhou Museum

Yangzhou Museum
扬州博物馆
Established	2005
Location	Hanjiang District, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
Website	http://www.yzmuseum.com/

Yangzhou Museum (simplified Chinese: 扬州博物馆; traditional Chinese: 揚州博物館; pinyin: Yángzhōu Bówùguǎn) is the biggest museum in Yangzhou, an ancient city in Jiangsu Province of China. It is located in front of the Mingyue Lake ("Bright Moon Lake") on Yangzhou' West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake.

Yangzhou Museum is housed in a modern building, covering an area of 50,000 square metres. It shares its lobby with the adjacent China Block Printing Museum;^[1] together the two museums are commonly known as the Yangzhou Double Museum (双博物馆).

History

The museum was formerly located in the 1500-year-old Tianning Temple.^{[citation needed]} The museum has had a number of different homes in its history; recently, the museum moved to a new building to accommodate its growing collections.^[2]

Exhibition halls

The museum has seven exhibition halls, including Yangzhou history exhibition hall, Ancient Chinese sculpture art museum, Paintings and calligraphy of Yangzhou eight strange men hall, Collection of dynasty paintings and calligraphy in Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty hall, China national treasure hall, Jianyang printing museum and Yangzhou jianyang printing hall. Exhibits date from the neolithic age down to late Qing dynasty. It features in the relics of Han dynasty, Tang dynasty, Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty.