Summer vacation in Yuxi: Yuxi Museum
by JourneyJoys
Sep 10, 2024
Yuxi City Museum covers an area of 40 acres and has a construction area of 12,115 square meters. The main building has a novel shape and unique meaning. The museum houses more than 20,000 cultural relics and specimens, and has eight basic displays, including the Paleontology Hall, the New and Old Stone Age Hall, the Bronze Hall, the Porcelain Hall, the Painting and Calligraphy Hall, the Modern and Contemporary History Hall, the Culture and Art Hall, and the Tobacco Hall, as well as a temporary exhibition hall, with an exhibition area of more than 5,000 square meters. There are seven permanent theme exhibitions, which fully display the rich and colorful natural and cultural history of Yuxi, deeply explore the local cultural resources, highlight the local cultural characteristics, and are splendid and fascinating.
📍Detailed address: No. 30 Hongta Avenue, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province
🕙Business hours: Tuesday, Monday and Sunday 9:00-17:00
🚉Transportation strategy: Bus No. 2, Bus No. 4, Bus No. 13
⏳Play time: 2-3 hours
💰Ticket price: Free and open
❤Recommendation reason: A big museum in a small city
🌟Highlights: Fossils of trilobites, Yunnan worms, Fuxian Lake worms, etc. from the "Chengjiang Explosion" in the Cambrian period; fossils of prosauropod dinosaurs from the late Triassic to the early Jurassic; prehistoric pottery; bronze ware of the Dian Kingdom; blue and white porcelain from the Yuxi Kiln in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, etc.
📝Note tips: 🕹️Stamping spots: Tourist Service Desk on the first floor, Cultural and Creative Store. There are many more stamps than last year, so happy!
In August 2024, I came to Yuxi for a stay again, and of course I checked in at Yuxi Expo again. It is still so great. Yuxi has a long history, brilliant civilization, and different customs of multiple ethnic groups. The collision between them is so gorgeous and dazzling.
Post by JourneyJoys | Sep 10, 2024












