Nantong City Museum

Nantong City Museum

Nantong City Museum is a national AAA-level tourist attraction.

Nantong City Museum is located in the prime area of Nanhu River, facing the renowned Nantong Museum across the river. It was personally designed by Academician Wu Liangyong, a member of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and renowned architect He Yuru. On August 2, 2005, the first city museum in Jiangsu Province—Nantong City Museum—was completed and partially opened to the public. Nantong is known as the "City of Museums in China."

The museum is divided into an East and a West Wing. The East Wing consists of two renovated historic buildings, while the newly built West Wing covers a total area of 13,500 square meters. The City Museum adopts an "exhibition within an exhibition" format. The West Wing houses the First Modern City of China Exhibition Hall, Nantong Planning Exhibition Hall, Boutique Residential Exhibition Hall, and Architectural Achievements Exhibition Hall. The East Wing will feature personal collection exhibitions, a miniature exhibition showcasing the peak of the First Modern City of China, and a sculpture gallery of Nantong celebrities. The ground floor of the West Wing is the "First Modern City" Exhibition Hall, which uses scene reconstructions to display the history of Nantong’s urban development and achievements in city construction, industry, culture, education, and more during the “First Modern City” era.

The City Museum emphasizes participation, interaction, and accessibility. It utilizes audiovisual, lighting, and multimedia virtual reality technologies to create an Interactive Hall, featuring eight multimedia interactive programs such as "A Thousand-Mile View of Nantong" and "Explore Nantong." Each exhibition hall also includes over ten interactive features tailored to their content, including a master plan model interaction and holographic imaging.

Admission: 5 RMB.

Opening Hours: 09:00–11:30; 13:30–17:00 (Closed on Mondays).

Transportation

Take Bus No. 7 (Haohe Special Line) to get there.