Xiangyang Museum

Xiangyang Museum
襄阳市博物馆

Address: No 228 Shengli Jie, Xiangcheng district, Xiangyang, Hubei province
Opening hours: 9 am - 5 pm (Last entry 4 pm)
Closed Mondays (except for national holidays)
General admission: Free admission with valid ID card (passport for foreign visitors)
Visitors need to book in advance online through its official WeChat mini-program “Xiangyang Museum”.
Tel: (+86 710) 3513330

Xiangyang Museum, originally established in 1975, is a regional art and history museum. It is situated at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain in the southern part of the city.

The newly-built museum complex, designed in classic Tang Dynasty (618-907) style, consists of three distinct buildings. The central building, known as the Multifunctional Building, draws inspiration from the layout of the ancient city of Xiangyang. It houses a 52-meter-high Phoenix Pavilion, which soars from its center.

It currently preserves over 70,000 cultural relics including bronze wares, jade, pottery, ceramics and portrait bricks, with the collection of pre-Qin (before 221 BC) artifacts, particularly a large number of inscribed bronze wares being a major characteristic of the museum.

The museum runs a permanent exhibition that traces Xiangyang's long and continuous history, showcasing its rich and diverse cultures from the Paleolithic period (c. 75,000 BC) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

Divided into six sections, the exhibition demonstrates the evolution of Xiangyang, highlighting its roles as a vibrant cradle of ancient Chu, Han, and Three Kingdoms cultures, an ancient military fortress, and a major transportation hub.