Suzhou Arts and Crafts Museum

Suzhou Arts and Crafts Museum (Chinese:苏州工艺美术博物馆;pinyin: sūzhōu Gōngyì Měishù Bówùguǎn )was established in 2002, and it officially open to society in January 2003. It is located in Suzhou No. 88 Northwest Street, in the original construction of the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong years old building "Shangzhi Tang". It is east to Humble Administrator's Garden, Lion Grove, west to North Temple. It is also in the area of Suzhou Museum and opera, folk, garden museum. It covers an area of about 4,500 square meters. The museum has the collection of modern Suzhou embroidery, sandalwood, tapestry, wood carving, stone carving, Ming-style furniture, ethnic musical instruments, antique bronze, lacquer, metal crafts. It has nearly a thousand pieces, treasures. Whether is exhibition environment, exhibition area or the variety and number rank the collection of arts and crafts makes the museum specialty museum first all over the nation.[1]

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