About 2 km south of Zhongshan Rd. On S. Siming Rd. (just over the hill from Xiamen University), was proposed by Tan Kah Kee, founder of Xiamen University, and built in 1956. It opened to the public in May of 1959. The 30,000 square feet (wow!—that’s 15,000 pairs of socks!) possess with 7,000 items in displays documenting the lives of overseas Chinese through different historical periods.
　　The museum is divided into six sections, from relics of old China to photographic and pictorial evidence of Huaqiao (overseas Chinese) exploration. The ground floor's three halls contain paintings, photos and documentation of the Fujianese life abroad, an interesting way for the foreigners to see the other side of the coin. Some of the pottery and bronzes date back to the Shang Dynasty (1600—1100BC—or, more accurately, 1615—1115BC).
　　Over 2.5 million overseas Chinese, in over 50 countries, claim to have their roots in Fujian Province! Open daily, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
        Xiamen Museum
　　Xiamen Museum , on Gulangyu Islet, is Xiamen’s largest, and housed within the circa 1907 “Eight Trigrams Tower” (named after its round red roof). The museum has over 10,000 artifacts, including jade , porcelain , ancient weapons.
　　Xiamen is now building a 300 million Yuan Xiamen Museum in the Yuandang Lagoon area (which is soon to become  the city’s cultural center).
　　
　　Asia’s Largest Piano Museum is on Gulangyu Islet (within Shuzhuang Garden). Thirty of the over 70 historic pianos were provided by Mr. Hu Youyi, a piano collector from Australia whose hometown is Gulangyu Islet.
　　I enjoy the old player pianos, and the barrel organs that organ grinders used to play as their monkeys scampered around the crowds collecting donations.
　　The pianos came from Britain, France, Germany, America, Austria and Australia. The museum also has over 100 piano lamps. The displays are in two separate buildings, so be sure to catch the exhibits in the rear building.

        Contact Information:        
　　Address: 　No. 45 Huang Yan Rd., Gulangyu
　　Phone: 257-0331
　　E-mail: glygqbwg@sina.com
　　Xiamen Bridge Museum
　　Bridges are fascinating because they show us the routes people used for travel and trade. And Xiamen is a great place for a Bridge Museum because our province has some of the finest bridges on the planet—both old and new.
　　Quanzhou’s Luoyang Bridge (see the Quanzhou section) was built 1,000 years ago of massive granite slabs—some of them are ten meters long. This bridge is one of the first examples of biological engineering (they used the secretions of live oysters to cement the granite blocks together).
　　Anping bridge, just south of Quanzhou, was the world’s longest bridge during the middle ages. But I most enjoy the delightful wooden covered bridges that are all over northern and Western Fujian—especially the 700-year-old structure northwest of Fuzhou (on the way to Zhouning).
　　The Xiamen Bridge Museum, located right beneath the Haicang Bridge, has attracted both tourists and experts with its introduction of famous Chinese and foreign bridges (including the iron arch bridge over the Thames River, the Normandy Suspension Bridge, deng deng). About 1/3 of the indoor area is devoted to fascinating exhibits about the construction of Xiamen’s beautiful Haicang Bridge.
　　Jinquan Coin Museum The former British Consulate is now a coin museum! Xi’an’s Jin Quan company has transformed the beautiful colonial building (built around 1870) into Fujian’s largest coin museum, with over 5200 exhibits dating from the New Stone Age to New China (1949). It also includes a fine selection of Fujian coins. This fine museum, opened September 28, 1991, must be right on the money because it has attracted coin experts, dignitaries and tourists from throughout Asia. Jin Quan Coin Museum is located at #5 Zhongshan Rd., Gulangyu Islet.
　　The Koxinga Museum has 23 national level historical relics, as well as one local historical relic who sells tickets. (Read about Koxinga on pages 18,19 in Amoy Magic.).
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　　Xiamen Science and Technology Museum
        Xiamen Science and Technology Museum is the first national museum built on island. 80% of its exhibitions welcome the participation of visitors, enabling them to enjoy their education tour.
　　 Xiamen Science and Technology Museum, which locates in the Xiamen Culture and Art Center，started to operate on March 16, 2007. The museum covers 17,000 square meters with the exhibition hall covering 10,000 square meters. With the theme of “Harmony of Human, Science and Technology”, it has designed  five thematic exhibition districts which are: “The Cradle of the Ocean”, “Exploration and Discovery”, “Creation of Civilization”, “Harmonious Development”, and “Children’s Future”. It is an important component of Xiamen Culture and Art Center and is also the key part of the municipal cultural construction.

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