Liuzhou Industrial Museum

　　   The Liuzhou Industrial Museum is located at the east end of Wenchang Bridge in Liuzhou City. The museum combines industrial history exhibitions, industrial heritage preservation, science popularization, and tourism & leisure. It covers a total land area of nearly 110,000 square meters with a total construction area of over 60,000 square meters. The museum includes themed exhibition halls such as the Industrial History Hall and the Eco-Livable Hall. To date, it has collected 6,224 pieces of various sizes of industrial relics and 11,645 pieces of documents and images. The Liuzhou Industrial Museum was officially opened to the public on May 1, 2012, filling the gap in Guangxi’s industrial museums and becoming the first comprehensive urban industrial museum in Guangxi and even across China.

　　   After its completion, the museum will showcase the development journey of Liuzhou's industry over the past 100 years—from nonexistence to establishment, from weakness to strength—reflecting the "Liuzhou Spirit" of hard work and independent innovation.

　　   Oil Paintings

　　   In the scene displays, oil paintings play an important role, even achieving a near-realistic effect. For example, for the "Liuzhou" brand car known as the "First Car of Guangxi," next to the actual vehicle, various resin sculptures depict scenes such as workers designing and hand-hammering the car body, while the background oil painting shows a "manufacturing workshop" filled with many finished vehicles. In the research and development scene display area of China’s first-generation loader, the ZL435 model, the oil painting master is touching up details of the image.

　　   Fighter Aircraft

　　   In 1931, the Liuzhou Machinery Factory was renamed the Guangxi Machinery Factory and began manufacturing and assembling airplanes as well as rifles, bombs, and grenades. In the spring of 1937, Zhu Rongzhang, an engineer who had previously worked at Boeing in the United States, used a 750-horsepower aircraft engine stored in the warehouse to successfully assemble a single-seat fighter plane. After a successful test flight, Bai Chongxi, a military leader of the Guangxi Clique, named it the "Zhu Rongzhang." After the outbreak of the War of Resistance, planes mass-produced based on the "Zhu Rongzhang" achieved remarkable successes in air battles against Japanese forces.

　　   Automobiles

　　   A “charcoal-powered car” in the exhibition hall also has an interesting backstory. In December 1933, Liuzhou Machinery Factory modified two charcoal engines using gas generators they developed. One of these engines was installed in a car that ran on charcoal, which was then driven to Nanning for public viewing. The birth of the charcoal-powered car marked the beginning of automobile production in Guangxi.

　　   Exhibition Theme

　　   The Liuzhou Industrial Museum leverages the city’s rich industrial heritage to build an industrial culture brand that integrates industrial history exhibitions, product displays, design creativity, and talent training. It blends traditional industry with modern creativity, allowing visitors to explore the path of Liuzhou’s industrial development through visits, leisure, experiences, and interactions. This, in turn, promotes industrial tourism in Liuzhou and boosts the development of the city’s cultural industry.

　　   As an industrial hub of China, Liuzhou’s industrial heritage bears witness to the industrialization and urbanization process of Guangxi and even China. By constructing an industrial history museum, Liuzhou will further enrich the cultural heritage of this historical city and promote the development of its cultural tourism.

　　   Address: No. 220, Liudong Road, Yufeng District, Liuzhou City

　　   Type: Museum

　　   Rating: AAAA

　　   Recommended Visiting Time: 2–3 hours

　　   Phone: 0772-8853830

　　   Opening Hours:

　　   9:00–16:30, closed on Mondays.

　　   Ticket Information:

　　   Free admission.

　　   Information Source: Baidu Baike