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About China Knife, Scissors and Sword Museum
The buildings reuse textile factories and warehouses beside the Grand Canal.
Its focus on cutting tools and blades sits alongside separate fan and umbrella museums in the same institutional group. That combination links skilled craft production with the industrial buildings around it. Choose the individual museums that interest you rather than assuming every collection is in one gallery.
The museum group of which it is part is run as a single institution under four names: the Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum, the China Knife, Scissors and Sword Museum, the China Fan Museum and the China Umbrella Museum. The Knife, Scissors and Sword, Fan and Umbrella museums were completed in September 2009, and the Arts and Crafts Museum in September 2011. The museum buildings were converted from industrial heritage sites, including the Hangyi Mian, or Tongyi Gong Yarn Factory (杭一棉/通益公纱厂), the Honglei Silk Weaving Factory (红蕾丝织厂) and the Qiaoxi local-product warehouse (桥西土特产仓库).
The surrounding Qiaoxi historic district traces its origins to the Southern Song dynasty, though its present streetscape dates from the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China era, and the foundations of some buildings may predate the Ming dynasty.
What to look for
- Knife, scissors and sword displays explore a specific branch of craft history.
- Converted factories and warehouses preserve the canal district’s industrial setting.
Location & getting there
Getting to China Knife, Scissors and Sword Museum
Approach 334 Xiaohe Road in the Qiaoxi district west of Gongchen Bridge; identify the specific museum building within the group.
- Confirm the selected entrance and current internal access before departure.
Combine your visit
A suggested sequence through the source-confirmed features.
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Knife, Scissors and Sword Museum
Focus on the cutting-tool and blade tradition within the craft museum group.
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Fan Museum
Compare the separate fan-making collection with the blade displays.
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Umbrella Museum
Add the umbrella collection as a third distinct craft theme.
The sequence is editorial. Check local access and connections between sectors; no walking time or same-ticket access is promised.
Find China Knife, Scissors and Sword Museum
中国刀剪剑博物馆 · 拱墅区
The pin marks the area, not the entrance.
More places nearby
Approximate straight-line distances between map pins, not travel distances.
Gongchen Bridge 拱宸桥
Less than 1 km awayGongchen Bridge arches over the Grand Canal between two distinct parts of Hangzhou’s canal district. To the west, Qiaoxi’s whitewashed walls and dark roofs retain the character of an older waterside neighbourhood; to the east…
View guide →Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum 中国京杭大运河博物馆
Less than 1 km awayThe Grand Canal Museum uses its position beside Gongchen Bridge to connect indoor displays with a working waterway outside. Models of canal vessels and a cross-section explaining water levels make the engineering story tangible…
View guide →Zhejiang Museum of Natural History 浙江自然博物院杭州馆
5 km awayThe Hangzhou branch of Zhejiang Museum of Natural History introduces life through large specimens, fossils and the ecosystems of the province. The entrance display brings together striking examples such as a grey whale skeleton…
View guide →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, “杭州工艺美术博物馆” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 93925635.
Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "杭州工艺美术博物馆", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 93925635.