Museums
Museums of China
902 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum69museums
History museum13museums
Railway museum12museums
Military museum10museums
Most visited museums
Visitors in the latest year on record, since 2015.
3Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center
Shanghai, Shanghai
2000
5M visitors
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6Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Wangjing, Beijing
2007
586k visitors
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8Shanghai Museum
Shanghai, Shanghai
1952
880k visitors
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10Capital Museum
Jinrongjie, Beijing
Art museum · 1981
22National Natural History Museum of China
Beijing, Beijing
Natural history museum · 1951
24China Science and Technology Museum
Datun, Beijing
Science museum · 1988
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28Suzhou Museum
Suzhou, Jiangsu
1960
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31Shanghai Art Museum
Shanghai, Shanghai
1956
34Site of the First Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Shanghai, Shanghai
1920
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38Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence
China
Military museum · 2000
45Zhejiang Museum of Natural History
China
Natural history museum · 1984
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48Hong Kong Film Archive
China
Film archive
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58Law Uk Folk Museum
China
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Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 69 |
| History museum | 13 |
| Railway museum | 12 |
| Military museum | 10 |
| Science museum | 9 |
| Museum ship | 8 |
| Natural history museum | 6 |
| Paleontological museum | 4 |
| University museum | 3 |
| Police museum | 3 |
| Wax museum | 3 |
| Geological museum | 3 |
| Sculpture garden | 3 |
| Museum of culture | 2 |