China Jiangnan Water Town Culture Museum

The museum officially opened to the public on 27 December 2003,^[3] and has been designated as a state-owned second-class museum by the National Cultural Heritage Administration.^[4] Previously known as the Yuhang Museum, it underwent renovations starting in 2017. Following the administrative reorganisation of Hangzhou in 2021, it became part of Linping district and reopened in May 2022 as Linping Museum.^[5]

The museum has a building area of 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) and houses nearly 10,000 artefacts, including stone tools, jade items, ceramics, and calligraphy and paintings. Among these are 31 first-class items, 174 second-class items, and 582 third-class items.^[3] The museum holds two exhibitions, one focused on local history, the other on the culture of Chinese water towns.^[6]

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  West Building
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  East Building
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  A dugout canoe excavated from the Maoshan site in Linping
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  A jade cong excavated from the Yaoshan site in Yuhang
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  Western Jin dynasty moulded jar
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  Peach-shaped celadon pot