Liwan Museum opened an expanded area to the public on May 16 and started a series of “Museum Nights”activities to celebrate the International Museum Day on May 18.

Liwan Museum, Cantonese Opera Art Museum and Guangzhou Thirteen Hongs Museum will hold 11 events, including Xicun Klin craft workshop, Lingnan Miss Xiguan’s embroidered cheongsam workshop, Cantonese opera headwear craft workshop, “Thirteen Hongs”glass painting workshop, Silver pop-up book craft workshop and Canton porcelain craft workshop. Visitors can experience Lingnan intangible cultural heritage and feel the charm of traditional culture.

Address: No. 36, Shadi Lane 1, Fengyuan North Street, Longjin West Road, Liwan District 荔灣區(qū)龍津西路逢源北街沙地一巷36號(hào)

Time: 19:30-20:30, May 16-22

The new exhibition area of Liwan Museum was originally a Western-style garden house built in the 1920s, which was declared a Municipal Cultural Heritage Site in 1993.

It is a Western-style building with yellow exterior walls, which is exquisite in shape and extraordinary in style.

The building had been painted white on architraves, window covers, eaves, railings, top columns, and flower decorations during the restoration by the end of 2020.  

"The Most Beautiful Spiral Staircase in Guangzhou"

The history of the building

The silver collections of a comprador merchant in the late Qing Dynasty

Guangzhou Railway Station in Qing Dynasty

Former residence of Chen Lianbo, a comprador merchant in the late Qing Dynasty

Former residence of Chen Lianbo, a comprador merchant in the late Qing Dynasty

Theme exhibition “Portrait of Canton Merchants”