Guangzhou Museum of Art

Add.: No. 13, Luhu Lu, Guangzhou ( 麓湖路13号)
Tel: 020 8365 9337, 8365 9202
Opening Times:
Tuesday- Friday: 9.00 – 17.00
Weekend, Holiday: 9:30 -16:30

Admission charges:
Adults: 20 RMB
Students, Teacher, handicapped, senior citizen: 10RMB
Soldier, senior citizens (over 60 years): free of charge

Located at the foot of Baiyun Mountain, alongside Lu Hu Lake, Guangzhou Museum of Art is the grandfather of artistic collections in Guangzhou, established 40 years ago. It has specific halls for the works of southern Chinese master artists such as Guan Shaoyue, Zhao Shao'ang and Li Xiongcai as well as classical painters from outside Guangdong such as Lai Shaoqi and Liao Binxiong.

The museum is an integrated facility consisting of a Chinese Calligraphy painting hall, a Thematic Exhibition hall, Foshan Ceramics hall and Sculpture showroom.

It holds thousands of paintings, both oil and watercolour, calligraphies, prints, charcoal drawings, literary sketches, sculpture, inscriptions, rubbings and bronze ware; many of them invaluable.

The complete lack of English signage makes finding your way around the place something of a challenge, but museum staff are friendly and helpful.

(By Angie Chu and  David Kellaway)

Source: lifeofguangzhou.com

Editor: Jessie Hwang