Qingdao Museum

Qingdao Museum
青岛市博物馆

Address: 51 East Meiling Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao, Shandong Province
Website: www.qingdaomuseum.com (Chinese) Hours:
9:00 - 17:00 (1 May - 31 October, no entry after 16:30);
9:00 - 16:30 (1 November -30 April, no entry after 16:00)
Closed days: Closed Mondays (except for national holidays)
Admission fee: free (passport required for entry, a max of 3,000 admitted daily)

The museum houses as many as 160,000 historical and cultural artifacts, such as chinaware, bronze ware, jade items, ancient coins, and oracle bones; 150 of them are classified as the country's first-level cultural relics. There are also more than 4,000 calligraphy and painting works from the Ming (1368-1644) and the Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.