Fuyang Museum

Fuyang Museum
阜阳市博物馆

Address: Northeastern side of Shuangqing Bay Park, Chengnan new district, Fuyang city, Anhui province
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 am–5:00 pm (last entry at 4:30 pm)
Closed on Mondays (except public holidays)
General admission: Free; advance bookings required for groups
Tel: 0558-2286037

The Fuyang Museum, established in 1958, is one of China's oldest prefecture-level comprehensive museums. In 1963, Guo Moruo – one of the leading writers of 20th-century China – wrote an inscription for Fuyang Museum.

With strong support from the Fuyang municipal people's government, construction of a new museum began in March 2017, with a total investment of 570 million yuan ($77.8 million). The museum, located on the northeastern side of Shuangqing Bay Park in Chengnan new district, Fuyang, has a total building area of approximately 39,000 square meters and an exhibition space of 11,400 square meters. Externally designed to resemble "a stone splitting open, revealing jade inside", it comprises a basement-level artifact storage area and four above-ground exhibition levels.

The museum highlights Fuyang's unique regional and historical culture, distilling cultural symbols from key artifacts and employing interactive technology to bring the relics to life. There are now five permanent exhibition halls, namely "Calligraphy and Painting Hall", "Bronze Mirror Hall", "Revolutionary Hall", "Masterpieces Hall", and "General History Hall".

In 2024, the Fuyang Museum was upgraded to a national first-class museum. Its collection includes 126,000 artifacts, with 64 national first-class, 296 second-class, and 2,303 third-class items, as well as 13 precious national-level ancient books recognized by the State Council.

The collection spans bronze, ceramics, jade, stone artifacts, calligraphy and paintings, fossils, and more. Highlights include the Shang Dynasty's (c. 16th century-11th century BC) bronze zun (wine vessel) with dragon and tiger patterns, Han Dynasty's (206 BC-AD 220) Fuyang bamboo slips, Western Han Dynasty's (206 BC-AD 24) astronomical instruments, and the Northern Wei Dynasty's (386-534) gilt bronze Buddha, each rich in historical and artistic value.

The museum's engagement programs include the online educational series "Fuyang Museum Talks about Solar Terms" and "Drawing Artifacts at the Museum" – a creative program for teenagers to connect with cultural heritage through art.