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seems to have fairly current listings for happenings at many of the museums listed here, and features maps (Chinese only) as well.
Futian
District
Luohu
District
Nanshan
District
Yantian
District
Bao'an
District
Longgang
District
Futian
District
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Guan Shanyue Art Museum (关山月美术馆) |
| Address: |
6026 Hongli Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路6026号) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8306-3086 |
| Homepage: |
www.gsyart.com
[nice English
section] |
| Hours: |
Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
(closed Monday) |
| Tickets: |
10 yuan;
free Admission on Friday |
| Buses: |
10，25，105，215，111 |
| Metro: |
Shao Nian Gong Station Exit B (少年宫站B出口) |
| Comments: |
I’ve been to this one! It can easily be walked to from Shao Nian Gong Station at the north end of Metro Line 4. It’s on the north side of Hong Li Road, near the gate to Lian Hua Shan Park,
which is across from the Children’s Palace. I saw a temporary
exhibit of art by students, alumni, and teachers from a Russian art
institute—pretty pedestrian. Upstairs was the “permanent” collection by the artist Guan Shanyue, mostly showing happy workers.
I must admit to being a bit confused by the opening line on the
“official” English
homepage:
Features as a national public organization without benefit of cultural cause, Guan Shanyue Art Museum mainly focuses on collecting, studying, displaying and popularizing art works of Mr. Guan Shanyue and other works from temporary artists, studying and searching out the development indication of current and modern art of China and foreign countries in the meanwhile.
“Without benefit of cultural
cause”? At least the homepage has a good map.
Anyway, Mr. Guan (still alive?) was born in 1912 in Guangdong, and spent most of his life as a teacher—although
this bio says that in 1949 he “participated actively in revolutionary art activities.” |
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Shenzhen Museum (深圳市博物馆) |
| Address: |
1008 Shennan Road Central, Futian District (福田区深南中路1008号) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8210-1706 |
| Homepage: |
www.szmuseum.com.cn
(not working; try http://www.shenzhenwindow.net/ane/art.htm) |
| Hours: |
Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed Monday) |
| Tickets: |
10 yuan, 5 Yuan Students;
free Admission on Friday |
| Buses: |
3, 8, 12, 101, 113, 204, 215 |
| Metro: |
Da Ju Yuan Station (大剧院站) |
| Comments: |
This one features more
history than art; see the Shenzhen Art Museum (and others) for
that. According to one
description, this museum's permanent exhibitions include:
"Ancient
Shenzhen", "Recent Shenzhen", "Shenzhen
Today" plus several series in "Contemporary Masters of
Painting and Calligraphy", "Guizhou Folk Festivals and
Culture", etc.. In addition, the museum put on various
displays of items every year on culture relics, history, science
and technology, culture, and art.
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Shenzhen Children’s Palace (深圳市少年宫) |
| Address: |
First Fuzhong Road, Central Area of Shenzhen Futian District (福田区（市中心区）福中一路) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8351-3012 |
| Homepage: |
www.szcp.com
[no English] |
| Hours: |
Unknown |
| Tickets: |
Unknown |
| Buses: |
10，25，105，215，111 |
| Metro: |
Line 4, Shao Nian Gong (少年宫站) |
| Comments: |
This is a multi-purpose space for exhibitions,
performances, festivals, etc., with kids in mind. Outstanding
architecture. |
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Shenzhen Academy of Sculpture (深圳雕塑院) |
| Address: |
8 Zhongkang Road,
Shang Meilin, Futian District (福田区上梅林中康路8号) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8395-3116 |
| Homepage: |
Unknown |
| Hours: |
Unknown |
| Tickets: |
Unknown |
| Buses: |
Unknown |
| Metro: |
Unknown |
| Comments: |
Although named
in several prominent lists of Shenzhen museums, I can find nothing
about this in English on the Internet. There's plenty in
Chinese, though; Google gave about 920 responses to the search term
"深圳雕塑院"
(the name of the place as given above). |
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Shenzhen Citizens’ Art Gallery
(深圳市群众艺术馆) |
| Address: |
95 Yannan Road, Futian District (福田区燕南路95号) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8335-1377 |
| Homepage: |
www.szmassart.com
[no English] |
| Hours: |
Daily 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
Free |
| Buses: |
10, 12, 25, 104, 225 |
| Metro: |
Unknown |
| Comments: |
I've never been
there, but the brochure
looks nice. (I can't find anything about the place on the Internet
in English, though.) |
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Luohu
District
|
Shenzhen Art Museum (深圳美术馆) |
| Address: |
East Lake Park, Aiguo Road, Luohu District (罗湖区爱国路东湖公园内) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 2542-6069 |
| Homepage: |
www.szam.org |
| Hours: |
Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
(closed Monday) |
| Tickets: |
5 yuan; free Admission on Friday |
| Buses: |
3, 17, 365, 351, 336, 29 |
| Metro: |
Far from Metro lines; you could start at Lao Jie (Dongmen) and take a taxi |
| Comments: |
This
article tells a little about the museum, most notably that it
seems shabby compared to
its younger brothers [the He Xiangning and Guan Shanyue museums
are mentioned earlier in the article]. But it is in no way
inactive on the Shenzhen art scene.
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Museum of Chinese Outstanding Figures (华夏英杰墨宝园博物馆) |
| Address: |
105 Beidou Road, Luohu District (罗湖区北斗路105号) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8212-9688 |
| Homepage: |
Unknown; try here
for some info in Chinese |
| Hours: |
Daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
(closed Monday) |
| Tickets: |
Free |
| Buses: |
223, 10, 14, 27 |
| Metro: |
Far from the Metro? |
| Comments: |
I can find no
English information about this place. But cool name, huh? |
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The Site of
the Merits (元勋旧址) |
| Address: |
Sungang
Village, Luohu District (罗湖区笋岗村内) |
| Phone: |
(0755)
8241-3318 |
| Homepage: |
Unknown (article
here in Chinese) |
| Hours: |
Daily |
| Tickets: |
Free |
| Buses: |
218 |
| Metro: |
Far from the
Metro |
| Comments: |
Nothing in
English. But a search on 元勋旧址 罗湖区笋岗村内
("Site of the Merits, Sungang
Village, Luohu District") yields 51 results. I'm
fascinated by this one, so I'll check it out soon. |
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Shenzhen Fine Art Institute (深圳画院) |
| Address: |
Jinhu Road, Luohu District (罗湖区银湖路金湖路) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8243-8392 |
| Homepage: |
www.inkpainting.org
[English button on page is inactive] |
| Hours: |
Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
Free |
| Buses: |
4, 5, 7, 201, 218, 222, 301, 360, 315 , 405 |
| Metro: |
Unknown |
| Comments: |
The
"Flash"-y homepage promises English but doesn't
deliver. Otherwise I can find many mentions of events at the
museum in English, but no description of the place. Cruising
their homepage does reveal some
pictures, and it looks quite interesting (at least
architecturally). |
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Shenzhen Paleontological Museum (深圳古生物博物馆) |
| Address: |
Inside the Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Luohu District (罗湖区仙湖植物园内) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 2570-2716 |
| Homepage: |
http://218.17.225.248/www/visit/paleology%20museum.htm
[No English] try here
and here
for pictures |
| Hours: |
M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m. S-S 9 a.m.-6 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
20 yuan (for Fairy Lake Park) |
| Buses: |
220, 218, 450, 468, 505 |
| Metro: |
Far from the Metro |
| Comments: |
This
page promises that "It is a wonderful scientific
popularization spot." |
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Shenzhen
Xibao Mansion Successive Dynasties' Celadon Museum (深圳玺宝楼青瓷博物馆) |
| Address: |
2095 Bao an Road South,
Luohu District (罗湖区宝安南路) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 2556-3935 |
| Homepage: |
Unknown; try this
for some English info |
| Hours: |
9 a.m.-11 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
30 yuan |
| Buses: |
366, 413, 404, 18, 313, 418 |
| Metro: |
Da Ju Yuan is probably the closest |
| Comments: |
Well, it must
be a big deal: pricier than any other museum in Shenzhen, and open
until 11 p.m.! |
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Nanshan
District
|
He Xiangning Art
Gallery (何香凝美术馆) |
| Address: |
Shennan Road, Overseas Chinese Town, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 2660-4540 |
| Homepage: |
www.hxnart.com
[No English; lots of pictures] |
| Hours: |
Daily 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
(closed Monday) |
| Tickets: |
20 yuan; free Admission on Friday |
| Buses: |
26, 101, 105, 113, 204 |
| Metro: |
Hua Qiao Cheng Station (华侨城站) |
| Comments: |
This gallery
also operates the OCT Contemporary Art Centre across the
street. This
page says of the artist:
He Xiangning and her
husband Liao Zhongkai were both close comrades of Dr Sun Yat-sen.
Also a good friend of many top Chinese leaders of New China such
as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, she served as chairwoman of the
Chinese Artists' Association and was one of the seven modern
Chinese artists whose precious works are restricted from export
out of China.
Again, art and politics
make strange bedfellows in China. |
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Nanshan Fine Art Institute (南山画院) |
| Address: |
Li Yuan Road, Nanshan District (南山区荔园路南山文体中心) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 2656-1080 |
| Homepage: |
Unknown; a bit
about the founder (and his daughter) can be found here |
| Hours: |
Daily 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m.
(closed Monday) |
| Tickets: |
Free |
| Buses: |
204, 234 |
| Metro: |
Far from the Metro |
| Comments: |
I can find no
English information on this place. |
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Nanshan Tian Hou Museum (南山区天后博物馆) |
| Address: |
9 Chiwan Road Tian Hou Temple, Nanshan District (南山区赤湾路9号天后宫) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 2685
3133 |
| Homepage: |
Unknown; try
my pages, beginning here |
| Hours: |
Daily 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
15 yuan (for the temple) |
| Buses: |
226, 433 |
| Metro: |
Far from the metro |
| Comments: |
This museum is
part of the Tian Hou Temple complex in Chiwan, which I have
written about extensively, starting here.
You can also see pictures of friends seated in the museum on the A
Day in Chiwan page; I've heard that those chairs are from the
ship anchored at "Sea World" (Hai Shang Shi Jie) in
Shekou. |
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Yantian
District
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Zhong-Ying Street Historical Museum (中英街历史博物馆) |
| Address: |
9 Huancheng Road, Sha Tou
Jiao, Yantian District (盐田区沙头角镇内环城路口9号) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 2525-1104 |
| Homepage: |
www.ce-museum.com
[English here] |
| Hours: |
Daily 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
(closed Monday) |
| Tickets: |
10 yuan |
| Buses: |
202, 205 |
| Metro: |
There is no Metro in Yantian (yet) |
| Comments: |
Zhong-[for
Zhongguo, "China"] Ying [for Yingguo,
"England"] Street is part of the boundary between the
PRC and Hong Kong. In days past, it was also an easy place
for refugees to slip across the border. Now a tourist
attraction, it boasts this museum, where (according to the
homepage) "the alarm bell exhibited on the museum square
always warns us that we should keep the humiliat[ing] history of
Zhong-Ying Street in mind." That is, the humiliation of
losing Hong Kong to the British. But now the museum is a
"municipal patriotic education base" which documents the
"One Street, Two System" arrangement, "which is
unique in China and even peculiar in the world."
The SZWen
site includes this note: “Do remember to apply for a passport from the local public security department.”
I suspect this is for Chinese only? I'm really not sure what this
means. |
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Bao'an
District
|
Bao'an Fine Art Institute (宝安画院) |
| Address: |
Fourth Xin’an Road, Bao’an District (宝安区新安四路) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 2778-2645 |
| Homepage: |
http://www.sbart.cn/
[No English] |
| Hours: |
M-F 9-10 a.m., 2-6 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
Free |
| Buses: |
603, 606, 629, 610 |
| Metro: |
There is no Metro in Bao’an (yet) |
| Comments: |
I can find no
English information on this place. |
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Longgang
District
|
Museum of Ancient Dapeng City (深圳市龙岗区大鹏古城博物馆) |
| Address: |
Pengcheng Community, Dapeng Street, Longgang District (深圳市龙岗区大鹏街道鹏城社区) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8431-9269 |
| Homepage: |
www.szdpsc.com
[No English, but beautiful] See my
pages for some English descriptions. |
| Hours: |
Daily 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
20 yuan |
| Buses: |
364, 360, 833, 818 |
| Metro: |
There is no Metro in Longgang (yet) |
| Comments: |
The Museum is
located inside the Dapeng Fortress, which I have written about
starting here.
This is quite an excursion, but well worth the trip. |
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Longgang Hakkas Custom Museum (深圳龙岗客家民俗博物馆) |
| Address: |
1 Luoruihe North Street, Longgang Street, Longgang District (龙岗区龙岗街道罗瑞合北街一号) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8429-6108 |
| Homepage: |
www.szlgkjwg.com
[The page seems not to exist] See my
pages for information
on the Hakka houses in Longgang. |
| Hours: |
Daily 8-11:30 a.m., 2-5 p.m |
| Tickets: |
10 yuan |
| Buses: |
365, 351, 329 |
| Metro: |
There is no Metro in Longgang (yet) |
| Comments: |
The Museum is
itself an old Hakka house compound, which I have written about
starting here.
I wrote more on the Hakka houses in Longgang, beginning here.
This is quite an excursion, but well worth the trip. |
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Dong Jiang Army Museum (东江纵队纪念馆) |
| Address: |
Shihuipi Village Dongzhong Road, Pingshan Town, Longgang District (龙岗区坪山镇东纵路石灰陂村) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8464-2252 |
| Homepage: |
Unknown |
| Hours: |
Daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m. |
| Tickets: |
Free |
| Buses: |
365, 818 |
| Metro: |
There is no Metro in Longgang (yet) |
| Comments: |
The "DongJiang
Guerilla Force" is often mentioned in the pages of the
Shenzhen Daily, especially in the summer of 2005, which the Guan
Shanyue Museum called a "Celebration of the 60th Anniversary
of the Victory of the War of Resistance Against
Japan." This
site chronicles the garrison's activities in Sai Kung, Hong Kong;
otherwise I'm not having much luck finding anything about them
online. There was one brief blurb about the Longgang
museum on this
site, though:
Dongjiang Military Command Site
The command centre was built in 1912, originally as an Italian-styled church, and became the headquarters of Dongjiang Column during 1944 to 1945. The patriotism education base designated by Guangdong Provincial Government showcases the life and struggle of the revolutionaries.
I'll be checking this out
in the near future, and will have more to say then. |
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Dafen Oil-Painting Village (大芬油画村) |
| Address: |
Shen Hui Road, Bu Ji Street, Longgang District (龙岗区深惠路布吉大芬立交桥东南侧) |
| Phone: |
(0755) 8473-2622 |
| Homepage: |
The
"McDonald's of oil painting" is well covered on the net:
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| Hours: |
All day, Every day |
| Tickets: |
None |
| Buses: |
512, 863, 616, 537, 315, 66 |
| Metro: |
Far from the Metro |
| Comments: |
OK, this is
more of a shopping place than a museum. But it's full of
art. The gallery to the left of the main gate has an
especially good collection (on the second floor) of original art. |
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