Suzhou Museum West Hall

Founded in 1960, Suzhou Museum is a local comprehensive museum and a center for the collection, protection, research, display and education of Suzhou cultural relics. The West Building of Suzhou Museum is located at No. 399 Changjiang Road, High-tech Zone, with a construction area of ​​48,365 square meters and an exhibition area of ​​13,391 square meters. It exhibits more than 2,100 pieces/sets of cultural relics, including the sword of King Yu of Wu, the Lotus Sutra written in gold on jade paper, the drum-nailed tripod washbasin of Jun kiln and other precious cultural relics. It will be put into trial operation on September 25, 2021.

The West Hall of Suzhou Museum has multiple exhibition areas, including the General History Exhibition Hall, Suzhou Crafts Hall, and Multimedia Exhibition Hall, which comprehensively displays the long history and unique craftsmanship of Wu from multiple aspects, including culture and art, Suzhou craftsmanship, and Suzhou lifestyle. Based on the culture of Jiangnan, the West Hall of Suzhou Museum also has a special International Cooperation Hall, which cooperates with world-renowned museums and actively explores the connection and integration of the world's diverse cultures.

The West Building of Suzhou Museum pays more attention to and highlights the educational function of the museum. It is the first attempt to set up an exploration experience hall in a local comprehensive museum in China, creating a domestic museum school for young audiences, allowing them to understand the city of Suzhou and see the world through an open, interactive and exploratory experience.

General History Exhibition Hall

The General History Exhibition Hall is located on the first floor of the West Hall of Suzhou Museum. The exhibition hall covers an area of ​​2,280 square meters and the total length of the exhibition line is 360 meters. It exhibits more than 1,200 pieces/sets of cultural relics and more than 150 pieces/sets of key cultural relics. The exhibition starts from the three dimensions of city, history and people, with space, historical facts and characters as clues and time sequence, showing the history of Suzhou from the Paleolithic Age of Sanshan Island to the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, a period of 10,000 years.

Suzhou Craft Museum

The Suzhou Crafts Museum is located on the second floor of the West Building of Suzhou Museum. The exhibition area is 2,280 square meters, displaying Suzhou crafts from the Song and Yuan Dynasties to the present and contemporary times. The exhibition displays 900 pieces/sets of cultural relics and 150 pieces/sets of key cultural relics, including traditional crafts such as jade carving, bamboo carving, Suzhou embroidery, and Taohuawu woodblock New Year paintings. The exhibition aims to reveal the brilliant achievements of Suzhou crafts and the key role of Suzhou crafts and Suzhou culture in the development of Chinese traditional culture and art.

International Cooperation Pavilion

The International Cooperation Pavilion is located on the second floor of the West Building of Suzhou Museum, with an exhibition area of ​​1,037 square meters. It focuses on the history of world civilization and is committed to enhancing the international vision of the West Building of Suzhou Museum. By cooperating with world-renowned museums to hold exhibitions, it provides visitors with a world-viewing experience without leaving Suzhou.

Multimedia Exhibition Hall

The Multimedia Exhibition Hall is located on the first floor of the West Building of Suzhou Museum. The exhibition area is about 540 square meters, including three areas: the Su Color Life Digital Hall, the Audiovisual Room and the Derivatives Space. The Su Color Life Digital Hall takes "Su Color Life" as its theme, takes the Suzhou life aesthetics under the 24 solar terms as its direction, and takes the Suzhou traditional cultural life aesthetics as the basis for color extraction. Through the display of digital media screens, it creates an immersive digital color synaesthesia space scene, presenting the Suzhou life under one solar term, one season, and one day and night to the audience.

Discovery Experience Hall

The Discovery Experience Hall is located on the basement floor of the West Building of Suzhou Museum. It covers an exhibition area of ​​4,501 square meters. It focuses on the all-round development of children aged 3-12 in a "themed" combination of exhibition and education. It integrates the exhibition hall with the educational space, and stimulates the imagination and creativity of children through the interactive experience of exhibition and education, providing them with an exclusive space for exploration, learning and imagination.