Introduction
- The Guangdong Museum is a comprehensive provincial museum. It was originally installed at the former site of the local Examination Office of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in 1957.In 2003 construction began on the new building in Zhujiang New Town. Close to the Pearl River and situated between the Guangzhou Opera House to the west and the Central Drive to the east,the new museum has a planned area of 41,000 square meters and a construction area of 63,000 sq m. Read more
Exhibitions
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Globally-celebrated Canton-made lacquerware on display in Guangzhou Beyond porcelain, lacquerware was another major export of China. A new exhibition at the Guangdong Museum focuses on Canton-made export lacquerware of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Date: Nov 27, 2025 - May 17, 2026 Read more
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Explore a millennium of Guangdong's foreign trade at upcoming exhibition Opening on Oct 15 at the Guangdong Museum, the exhibition Shared Prosperity: A Millennium of Guangdong's Foreign Trade will trace Guangdong's role in the trade networks of China and even the world going back one thousand years. Date: Oct 15, 2025 - Oct 15, 2026 Read more
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Discover Guangdong folk music culture via strings of the gaohu Have you ever heard the sound of the gaohu (a Chinese bowed string instrument)? Date: Until Nov 16, 2025 Read more
Brilliant Collection
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Silver filigree business card case decorated with flower and snake motifs Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
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Gold-lacquered wood carvings of crab baskets from the Qing Dynasty Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
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Ming Dynasty blue-and-white plate depicts Chang’e and rabbit Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Stories
Guangdong Museum rolls out new jewelry creations
This summer, Guangdong Museum released two new series of jewelry creations inspired by its Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) white jade deer and Lingnan lychee ornament.
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