Founded in 1954, Guangxi Museum now has an area of 12,900sq.m with
a display building built in 1978. The building is symmetrical and
stately, with chiseled features and elegance appearance and in
southern architectural style and national form.
In the museum, there is Guangxi Ancient Bronze Drum Exposition. As
the precious heritage of the minority groups in southern China, the
bronze drums are the real data for researching on the ancient
society, politic, economy and culture in the south. Among 610
bronze drums found and collected in Guangxi, 334 can be seen in
Guangxi Museum which owns the largest number for bronze drums in
relatively integrated types.
Besides collecting the biggest bronze drum in the world, it also
contains the source data of 1388 bronze drums preserved in the
country. And its Guangxi National Folkway Exposition introduces 11
minorities' national folkways, including Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Tong,
Dong, Maonan, Mulao, Hui, Jing, Yi, Shui and Yilun, and focuses on
showing the physical objects, photos and models of the national
characterized clothes, brocade, batik, architecture and some
important festivals.
In addition, in the museum, there are other shows like Guangxi
Historic Relic Display and Guangxi Revolutionary Relic Display.
Many buses are for visitors to take to Minzu Gucheng stop which
faces with the Guangxi Museum, including No.6, 30, 34, 39, 47, 205
and 213.How to Get to there?