Yishui County Museum

Yishui County Museum

Yishui County Museum is a comprehensive county-level museum established in 1980. Its primary functions include the protection, management, archaeological excavation, collection, preservation, research, and exhibition of tangible cultural heritage within the county. In 1999, a new museum building was constructed at a different location, covering a construction area of 4,230 square meters. It is a two-story building designed in an antique style, with some sections having three stories. The museum opened to the public in 2001 and implemented free admission in 2009 in accordance with national policies.

Yishui County Museum is one of the earlier-established museums in the province, housing a collection of over 5,000 historical relics. It currently features three exhibition halls and a stele corridor. The displayed relics range from ancient times, including trilobite fossils from arthropod paleobiology, mammal fossils such as Pachyosteus deer, rhinoceros, hyenas, and Stegodon from the Pleistocene epoch; early Paleolithic stone tools and late-period microliths; Neolithic pottery and polished stone tools from the Dawenkou and Longshan periods; bronze jue cups and swords from the Shang Dynasty; bronze artifacts unearthed from the Liujadianzi Spring and Autumn Period tomb; pottery from the Zhou Dynasty unearthed across various towns over the years; bronze swords, dagger-axes, and chariot ornaments from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods; pottery, ironware, as well as bronze artifacts such as ding tripods, hu pots, xian basins, and mirrors from the Han Dynasty; glazed jars, glazed pots, glazed bowls, bronze mirrors, and Tang tri-color pottery from the Sui and Tang Dynasties; and relics from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. Among these, nearly 100 rare treasures have been designated as national-level cultural relics. These provide indispensable and valuable materials for studying ancient Chinese politics, economy, customs, and social life, and are highly valued by cultural relic departments and experts.

In September 2018, it was designated as a National Third-Class Museum.

No. 6 Zhengyang Road, Yishui County

1. Open six days a week, closed on Tuesdays. Visiting hours are posted at the museum entrance.

2. Free admission follows a “free but ticketed” policy.

Further reading:

· China's National Second-Class Museum