Exploring Shenzhen
The Shenzhen Museum is a multifunctional museum located in the centre of downtown Shenzhen close to the Lychee Lake. Over the years the museum has gained reputation as an important cultural facility of Shenzhen.
The Shenzhen Museum is regarded highly among many for its role played as an institute that provides knowledge and awareness for the public. As the museum houses a vast collection of ancient relics and artefacts it has been able to play a significant role in preserving the Shezhen culture as well as educating the public. The museum consists more than 20,000 pieces of cultural relics and among them the specimens of paleobioligical fossils that date back approximately 100 million years are regarded as the most important. Shezhen museum also houses exhibits that showcase nearly 5000 years of ancient Chinese civilisation.
Since its inception the museum has strived hard to maintain its permanent exhibits. The permanent exhibitions include Folk Culture of Shenzhen, Ancient Shenzhen, Reform and Opening-up History of Shenzhen and Modern History of Shenzhen. These exhibitions unravel the rich heritage of the Shenzhen region that dates back 6000 years.Comprising exhibits in both English and Chinese, the museum utilizes docudramas, literary texts and relics to portray lifestyles of the clans indigenous to Shenzhen. Visitors will also find small-scale replicas of tombs, ancestral temples and ancient Hakka villages. Visitors to this Museum in Shenzhen can discover and understand the history and important facts about the Hakka way of life.
For travellers planning a visit to the Shenzhen, the museum can be regarded as a must stop location as it is a prominent museum among other museums in Shenzhen. To discover the museum as well as other places of interest in Shenzhen a luxury hotel like Shangri-La Hotel, Shenzhen will be the perfect accommodation solution.