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If you are visiting museums in Nanjing, the Jiangning Imperial Silk Manufacturing Museum is a wonderful choice. It does not win you over with a single “star object” right at the entrance. Instead, it excels at unfolding the cultural memory of a city slowly and gracefully: one end tied to the historical legacy of the Qing-era Jiangning Weaving Office, the other to the interwoven cultural threads of Dream of the Red Chamber, Yunjin brocade, classical gardens, and paper art. The

The Nanjing City Wall Museum is located at No. 1 Bianying, Laomendong, Qinhuai District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, right next to the Zhonghua Gate barbican. It is a first-class national museum with a total floor area of 12,000 square meters. As a museum dedicated to the history and culture of ancient Chinese city walls, and as an exhibition venue supporting the application for World Cultural Heritage status, it is the largest specialized city wall museum in China. The museum

“同行: Shanghai and Paris Abstract Art Exhibition” (painting, photography, sculpture, installation art) Dates: 2026.07.30–2026.10.18 Venue: Shanghai Art Museum (China Art Palace) “Lina Bo Bardi: The Poetry of Survival” (architectural models, manuscripts, photographs, furniture design) Dates: 2026.07.25–2026.10.25 Venue: 1st Floor, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum “Sculpting My Life: A Major Giacometti Exhibition” (sketches, prints, sculpture, paintings, etc.) Dates: 2026.07.17–

Jiangsu Art Museum, on Changjiang Road in Nanjing’s Xuanwu District, occupies a special place in the history of Chinese art. Built in 1936, it was the first national-level art museum in modern China, a milestone that marked the formal beginning of the country’s museum-based art development. Architect Xi Fuquan designed its original building, once known as the National Art Gallery. The façade of the main hall takes the shape of the Chinese character “山” (mountain), blending tr