Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Guangdong, China
4.5 (435 reviews) Sunday: 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM Spent Ranking #7 in Guangzhou Speciality Museums
One of the key historical landmarks in the area
A historical emperor tomb dating back more than 2000 years that was found by chance in the 80s. Well preserved tomb and a nice museum contains all the artifacts found. Very much worth a visit for anyone interested in history.
Address
No.867 Jiefang North Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510030 China
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Website
http://www.eguangzhou.gov.cn/2018-09/07/c
Working hours
Monday : 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 17:08
User Ratings
4.5 based on (435 reviews)
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5Elizabeth 5:00 PM Dec 29, 2020
Beautiful, well-designed, clean bathrooms, and top-grade treasures.
This is a place to come if you like porcelain, history, and archaeology, which I do. The artifacts were beautifully displayed and meaningful. There were much-appreciated English captions on all the artifacts, although I wish some had included deeper explanations: for example, how did the dew-collecting cup work, and how did they figure out what it was? My children, 11 and 13, were less enthused, since they would rather play with their phones than learn something, but I think it was good for them. They most liked the interactive digital screens, the jewelry and the swords.
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4AZCasualTraveler 5:00 PM Feb 16, 2020
Nice Modern Museum of 2000 Year-Old Mausoleum
This is a very nice, modern museum that is located in the central Guangzhou area - a museum with an interesting history. According to Wikipedia, this museum houses a 2,000 year-old tomb of the Nanyue King, Zhao Mo in Guangzhou. This Tomb was discovered by accident in 1983 when a construction crew was getting the area ready to build a new hotel at this site. Five years later (1988), the Museum was opened at this site instead. The museum houses over 1,000 burial artifacts from the Tomb, and you can actually walk down (underground) to see where the actual original coffin chamber was located - interesting! The museum is somewhat large in size because there are just so many items found at this site including: Jade jewelry, gold and silver vessels, burial suit of King Zhao Mo and many more items of interest. Overall, I found the museum to be very interesting and worthwhile.
