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Yangzhou Museum 扬州博物馆

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Yangzhou Museum shares the western-city Double Museum building with the China Block Printing Museum.

Yangzhou Museum and China Block Printing Museum shared building · 扬州博物馆与中国雕版印刷博物馆馆舍
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Explore the region

Jiangsu · 江苏省 →Yangzhou · 扬州市 →

About Yangzhou Museum

Its collection connects the canal city with archaeology and decorative arts, including the celebrated Yuan blue-glazed vase decorated with a white dragon. A boat recovered from the Grand Canal provides a more direct link with transport. Pair the city-history galleries with the printing museum to compare the movement of goods with the production and circulation of books. This is the newer western complex, separate from the former Tianning Temple premises.

Its predecessors were the Yangzhou Cultural Relics Hall (扬州文物馆), founded in 1951, and the Subei Museum (苏北博物馆), planned the same year. The China Block Printing Museum (扬州中国雕版印刷博物馆) was established in August 2003. Construction of the Yangzhou Double Museum (扬州双博馆) began on 18 October 2003, and the building was completed and opened to the public in 2005. The museum was previously housed in the 1,500-year-old Tianning Temple before moving to the new building to accommodate its growing collections.

The museum stands in front of Mingyue Lake ('Bright Moon Lake') on West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake. The modern building covers an area of 50,000 square meters and houses seven exhibition halls, including halls devoted to Yangzhou history and ancient Chinese sculpture, with exhibits ranging from the Neolithic period to the late Qing dynasty.

What to look for

  • The canal-recovered boat connects the city’s history with its transport waterway.
  • The adjoining block-printing museum explains a craft associated with Yangzhou’s publishing history.

The surrounding area

A separate city for morning tea, historic streets and Slender West Lake. An overnight stay makes breakfast part of the visit.

Location & getting there

Getting to Yangzhou Museum

Approach the Double Museum complex on Wenchang West Road in Hanjiang, western Yangzhou, rather than the museum’s former Tianning Temple premises.

General visit reminders

Choose the building, exhibition or part of the historic area you most want to see, then leave time to explore its setting. Check the venue’s current opening and reservation arrangements directly; a place appearing on the map does not mean every building or gallery is accessible on your travel date.

Combine your visit

A suggested sequence linking the specific features of this visit.

  1. Yangzhou history galleries

    Begin with the local archaeological and cultural collection.

  2. Grand Canal boat display

    Connect the museum’s objects with the city’s water transport.

  3. China Block Printing Museum

    Compare canal commerce with the craft and circulation of printed books.

This order is editorial. Confirm access and any transfers between stops; it does not establish a walking route, same-day connection or common admission ticket.

Museums, art & science · 博物馆／艺术科技 →

Find Yangzhou Museum

扬州博物馆 · 扬州市

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Daming Temple 大明寺

5 km away

Daming Temple occupies the middle peak of Shugang in Yangzhou. It is closely associated with Jianzhen, the monk who later carried Buddhist teachings to Japan.

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Slender West Lake 瘦西湖

5 km away

Slender West Lake winds through a restored garden landscape northwest of Yangzhou’s old city. Its narrow waterway developed from earlier moats and canals, later bordered by wealthy merchants’ estates.

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China Grand Canal Museum 中国大运河博物馆

6 km away

China Grand Canal Museum stands in Yangzhou’s Sanwan wetland park and examines the canal as a connected cultural landscape. Its permanent exhibitions move between the whole waterway, boats and the cities that grew beside it.

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Sources & visit information

The sources below support the place-specific description and arrival information. Suggested combinations are editorial planning ideas; confirm current opening, entry arrangements and transport services for your date.

Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors, “揚州博物館” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 93355023.

Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors, listing “Yangzhou Museum” · CC BY-SA 4.0.

Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "揚州博物館", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 93355023.

Background paragraphs condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "Yangzhou Museum", English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1353286054.

China Revealed · Editorially updated 2026-10-07