China Ceramics and Glass Museum

China Ceramics and Glass Museum

China Ceramics and Glass Museum is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

Originally established as the Zibo China Ceramics Museum in 2002, China Ceramics and Glass Museum was approved by the state to open to the public free of charge in 2011. In 2020, it was elevated to the rank of National First-Class Museum. It is currently a national science education base, a national 4A-level tourist attraction, a national industrial tourism demonstration site, a Shandong Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, a provincial education base for the next generation, and a Zibo Municipal Patriotic Education Base. As an important window and high-quality representation of Zibo’s image, the museum has played a positive role in the development of Zibo as a renowned ceramic city, a national civilized city, an outstanding tourism city, a garden city, and a model city for comprehensive social governance.

The main building of China Ceramics and Glass Museum covers a construction area of 50,000 square meters, with an exhibition area of 20,000 square meters. Its displays span a history of 10,000 years and feature more than 16,000 pieces of fine ceramics and glassware from ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. The museum has five floors above ground and one underground, divided into four sections: ceramic exhibitions, glass exhibitions, ceramic and glass culture experience and interaction, and cultural and creative product sales. Utilizing cutting-edge technologies such as sound, light, electricity, and imaging, it presents a comprehensive, multi-angle, and three-dimensional overview of the development of ceramics and glass.

The museum showcases ceramic relics from the Houli Culture of the early Neolithic period 10,000 years ago to various dynasties including the Ming, Qing, and Republic of China; glass relics from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Yuan, Ming, Qing, and Republic of China; contemporary masterpieces of ceramic art from Zibo, Jingdezhen, Yixing, Tangshan, Longquan, Dehua, and Foshan, as well as masterpieces of glass art from Beijing, Shanghai, Taiwan, and Hengshui; daily-use ceramics, art ceramics, architectural ceramics, garden ceramics, high-tech ceramics, modern glassware, and modern ceramic and glass artworks from over 20 countries and regions including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, and Japan. It is currently the largest and most fully equipped modern-themed museum dedicated to ceramics and glass in China.

With the overall goal of striving to become a first-class museum, China Ceramics and Glass Museum is committed to strengthening cultural confidence, promoting the integration of culture and tourism, showcasing the charm of Chinese ceramic and glass culture to the world, creating a cultural salon for the city and a world-class hall of ceramic and glass art, and advancing toward becoming a national center for ceramic and glass exhibitions, collection exchanges, and academic research. It aims to contribute to the realization of the city’s grand vision of becoming a national historical and cultural city and a well-known domestic tourism destination.