Sichuan Museum — Attraction in Chengdu

Sichuan Museum is in Chengdu and can be reached through subway on Line 2, or Line 4 stop Chengdu University of TCM & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital. (One need to walk a little from Subway stop to reach the museum). This visit was a unique experience. The museum building is based on three flours with clear layout plans and directions in both Chinese and English. However some exhibits only have description in Chinese. Entrance to the museum was free but one needs to display identity documents. The staff at the entrance was helpful and it didn’t take long to go through the security check. The museum hosts several galleries. Among all the galleries I enjoyed "Gallery of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy", dont miss it. Gallery of Sichuan Ethnic Culture, Gallery of Sichuan Embroidery, Gallery of Tibetan Buddhism are alsoa must visit. Bronze section was closed on the day I visited. Dont miss it if you are in Chengdu, Museum remains closed on Monday and...

A trip to this museum is well worth your time. I love both ancient and contemporary Asian art, but you will see 3000 year old art drawn in "perspective" that wasn't even attempted in Europe until 700 years ago. I spent about 4.5 hours wandering around this place and should have spent the entire day. I highly recommend visiting...

It is not a very big museum but it has a good mix of everything. For museum lovers, it will be a good place to spend sometime here, the casual visitors may be disappointed as the display is not very stimulating visually. However, it is a good place to visit if you are planning to visit the Huan Hua Xi Gong Yuan as it...