The Secrets of the Museum: The History and Cultural Memory of Ningbo

Ningbo Museum is a national first-class museum, a comprehensive museum mainly displaying the humanities, history, and art of Ningbo. In April 2020, Ningbo Museum and Ningbo Gang Museum were integrated to form Ningbo Museum. 🌟Highlights: ——The architecture of Ningbo Museum is the work of the famous architect Mr. Wang Shu. The building itself is an "exhibit", and many people come just to see the architecture. The museum's exterior walls use a large number of old bricks and tiles taken from Ningbo's old buildings, some of the walls are slanted, and if you look closely, you can still find the marks left on the bricks and tiles when they were fired. The museum was also a filming location for the TV series 'The Three-Body Problem'. ——The exhibits of Ningbo Museum consist of thematic displays, special exhibitions, and temporary exhibitions. The second and third floors are permanent exhibition halls, displaying contents including 'The Oriental "Shenzhou" — Ningbo Historical Exhibition', '"Ah La" Old Ningbo — Ningbo Folk Customs Exhibition', and 'Bamboo Carving Art — Qin Chengnian's Donation of Ming and Qing Bamboo Carving Treasures Exhibition'. ——During the Spring Festival, the temporary exhibition hall features the Yerevan History Museum's Collection of Armenian Cultural Treasures from the 18th-20th Century, mainly exhibiting Armenian costumes, silverware, and exquisite carpets, which are worth visiting. ❤Recommended Reason: The architectural shape of Ningbo Museum is very photogenic. The appearance of the museum is shaped like a fragment of a mountain, with the facade using the tile wall and bamboo texture concrete of the eastern Zhejiang region. The main body has three floors, with parts reaching five floors, and the buildings above the second floor are cracked and slightly slanted, evolving into an abstract mountain, integrating Ningbo's regional cultural characteristics, traditional architectural elements with modern architectural forms and techniques. 📍Detailed Address: No. 1000, Shounan Middle Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. 🕙Business Hours: 9:00—21:00. Closed on Mondays (except national statutory holidays). 🚉Transportation Strategy: ——In Ningbo city, take bus routes 102, 126, 129, 160, 166, 167, 168, 281, 628, 635, 650, 661, etc., to Ningbo Museum Station. ——Take Ningbo Rail Transit Line 3 to Yinzhou District Government Station, exit from Exit C and walk to Ningbo Museum.