Huzhou Museum

　　Huzhou Museum was founded in October 1962, originally named Wuxing County Museum. When the region was restructured into a municipality in 1983, it was renamed to its current name. Its original location was inside the Qianye Guild Hall at No. 80 Gongyuan Road. Construction of the new museum began in March 2003, and it was put into use in October 2004.

　　Huzhou Museum is a prefecture-level, medium-sized comprehensive museum responsible for the city’s cultural relics protection, archaeological surveys, and excavations. It integrates collection, research, and exhibition functions and serves as a provincial-level patriotic education base. Its current collection reflects various aspects of Huzhou’s cultural landscape across different historical periods.

　　The functional positioning of Huzhou Museum is centered around the evolution of the “human-land relationship” in the Taihu Lake region of the Jiangnan area. With the integration of landscape and culture, ecology and humanity as its theme—showcasing Huzhou’s humanistic essence—the museum aims to enhance public cultural literacy, nurture patriotism and local pride among citizens, and promote the cultural brand of Huzhou. It aspires to become a modern, multi-faceted regional museum that combines collection research, exhibition education, cultural exchange, and intellectual leisure. The museum is intended to be a shining platform for Huzhou’s external promotion, a top choice for visitors and tourists to gain an overview of Huzhou, and a cherished public and cultural leisure center for residents and students.