Wuxi Museum was officially opened to the public on October 1, 2008. It currently administers Zhou Huaimin’s Painting Collection Museum, Wuxi Chinese National Industry and Commerce Museum, Cheng Ji Art Museum, Wuxi Tablet Inscription Museum and Yunke Garden. It is now a national first-class museum, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, a national social science popularization and education base, a national study tour education base for primary and secondary school students, a model institution of Jiangsu Province, and a patriotic education base of Jiangsu Province. It is a local comprehensive museum that integrates exhibition, academic research and artistic appreciation.

Wuxi Museum houses over 36,000 cultural relics, featuring ancient paintings and calligraphy, zisha wares of successive dynasties, Huishan clay figurines, cultural relics related to modern and contemporary revolutionary history as well as national industry and commerce. In particular, it enjoys a high reputation among museums nationwide for its painting and calligraphy collection.

In recent years, Wuxi Museum has concentrated on the development and utilization of its existing collection resources. It curates 2 to 3 premium original exhibitions each year, and holds more than 300 lectures and educational activities of various kinds annually. It has focused on developing a number of branded activity series that are highly popular among audiences, such as the ”Walking” study tours, ”Wudi Civilization” AR social education courses, Bole Classroom, and Xibo Forum, receiving positive social responses.

With the high aspiration of ”chronicling the city and serving the citizens”, Wuxi Museum is setting sail from a new starting line and with a new outlook.

Main responsibilities:

Wuxi Museum is responsible for implementing the laws, regulations and policies of the national, provincial and municipal governments on museum management, and adhering to and strengthening the centralized and unified leadership of the Party in the course of performing its duties. Its main responsibilities are as follows:

(1) the research, authentication and management of collections, specimens and documentation across the city;

(2) holding exhibitions and undertaking the construction of a digital museum;

(3) organizing and carrying out publicity, education and academic research on revolutionary traditions, history and culture, as well as scientific knowledge;

(4) organizing and carrying out industry exchanges and cooperation, and providing professional guidance to similar exhibition venues across the city;

(5) fulfilling the primary responsibility for work safety of the relevant venues.