Suzhou Pingtan Museum in the Depth of Wu Garden

The Suzhou Opera Museum was established in 1986 and is now a national second-level museum.

In the early 21st century, based on the Quanjin Guild Hall and the ‘Shen Residence’, the China Kunqu Museum and the China Suzhou Pingtan Museum were established, making it the only national-level Kunqu and Pingtan thematic museums in the country.

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The Suzhou Pingtan Museum houses over 12,000 pieces of precious historical materials of various types of Pingtan, as well as hundreds of unique editions and scripts of Pingtan. The exhibition mainly features historical materials and audiovisual data of Pingtan, combined with modern technological means to restore and display the famous artists, schools, and artistic performance characteristics of Suzhou Pingtan.

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Opening hours: The museum is closed all day on Mondays throughout the year; it is open from 09:00 to 16:30 from Tuesdays to Sundays throughout the year.

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