The Suzhou Museum West was officially opened on the morning of Sept. 29. People can register in advance for a visit through the WeChat public account of the Suzhou Museum.
The newly-opened museum is located on Changjiang Road in Suzhou New District (SND). It started construction in March 2018 and was one of the 2020 Suzhou municipal livelihood projects. The museum has an exhibition area of 13,391 square meters, housing 6 permanent exhibition halls, i.e. General History Exhibition Hall, Suzhou Crafts Gallery, International Cooperation Hall, Calligraphy and Painting Hall, Suzhou-style Living Hall, and Exploration and Experience Hall.
The permanent exhibition “Ode to Gusu: Exhibition of Suzhou History” at the General History Exhibition Hall displays more than 2,000 pieces (sets) of cultural relics including a sword of King Yumo of Wu and a Jun kiln drum nail three-foot wash, vividly showing Suzhou’s history of nearly 10,000 years from the Paleolithic Period to about 1911 AD. The one-year exhibition “Rome: City and Empire” at the International Cooperation Hall features over 200 masterpieces of the British Museum, which marks the beginning of the 4-year exhibition cooperation between the Suzhou Museum and the British Museum. And the Calligraphy and Painting Hall is devoted to ancient and modern paintings and calligraphy works by local artists.
