The Guangdong Museum, with a total floor area of 77,000 square meters, is strategically located in Guangzhou—the central hub of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Officially opened on October 1, 1959, the museum holds dual status as one of China's inaugural National First-Class Museums and a key cultural tourism landmark in the Greater Bay Area.
As the leading repository of Lingnan cultural heritage, the Guangdong Museum brings together historical artifacts, artistic works, revolutionary relics, and natural history specimens in an integrated collection.
Housing more than 320,000 cataloged items (including 53,000+ natural specimens and fossils), it maintains southern China's largest and most diverse. museum holdings, distinguished by strong regional characteristics.
Its collections of classical Chinese calligraphy/painting and ceramics are among the finest in the nation, both in quantity and quality.
It also holds nationally leading collections of distinctive cultural artifacts, including export art, underwater relics, overseas Chinese heritage items, Chaozhou woodcarvings, and Duan inkstones.
