thumb|China 1st-Grade National Museums

, there are 7,048 museums in China, including 3,054 state-owned museums (museums run by national and local government or universities) and 535 private museums. In 2021, the nation's museums saw approximately 779 million visitors. Some museums of cultural relics, such as the Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, have become internationally known tourist attractions. The government has exchanges of cultural relics exhibitions between museums and promotes the display and exchanges of legal non-governmental collections. The museums are classified into several grades, with the national first-grade museums being the highest classification.

List

Below is a list of museums in China grouped by the provinces or municipalities where they are located.

Anhui

  • Anhui Provincial Museum
  • Anhui Hall of Fame
  • Anhui Paleontology Fossil Museum
  • Bengbu Museum
  • China Huizhou Tax Museum
  • Ma'anshan Museum
  • She County Museum

Beijing

  • Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum
  • Beijing Folk Arts Museum
  • Beijing Liao and Jin City Wall Museum
  • Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall
  • Capital Museum
  • China Agricultural Museum
  • China Civil Aviation Museum
  • China Museum of Telecommunications
  • China National Film Museum
  • China National Post and Postage Stamp Museum
  • China Numismatic Museum
  • China Printing Museum
  • China Railway Museum
  • China Science and Technology Museum
  • Dabaotai Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum
  • Digital Beijing Building
  • Geological Museum of China
  • Guanfu Museum (private)
  • International Friendship Museum
  • Lu Xun Museum
  • Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
  • Ming City Wall Relics Park
  • Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
  • Museum of the Communist Party of China
  • National Art Museum of China
  • National Museum of China
  • National Natural History Museum of China
  • Palace Museum (Forbidden City)
  • Paleozoological Museum of China
  • Shangyuan Art Museum
  • Western Zhou Yan State Capital Museum
  • Madame Tussauds Beijing

Chongqing

  • Baiheliang Underwater Museum
  • Chongqing Art Museum
  • Chongqing Museum of Natural History
  • Chongqing Science and Technology Museum
  • Chongqing Sichuan Opera Museum
  • General Joseph W. Stilwell Museum
  • Red Rock Village Museum
  • Three Gorges Museum
  • Madame Tussauds Chongqing

Fujian

  • Fujian Museum, Fuzhou
  • Guanfu Museum (private), Xiamen
  • Jinjiang Museum, Jinjiang
  • Quanzhou Museum
  • Quanzhou Maritime Museum, which houses the Quanzhou ship

Gansu

  • Dunhuang County Museum
  • Gansu Provincial Museum (Lanzhou)
  • Lanzhou Museum (Lanzhou)
  • Silk Route Museum

Guangdong

  • Dongguan Science and Technology Museum
  • Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou
  • Nanyue King Museum, Guangzhou
  • Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
  • Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History
  • Guangdong Provincial Museum, Guangzhou
  • Longgang Museum of Hakka Culture, Longgang
  • Pagoda Park Cultural Revolution Museum
  • China Art Museum
  • China Maritime Museum
  • Chinese Comfort Women History Museum
  • Shanghai Mazu Cultural Palace
  • Shanghai Museum
  • Shanghai Museum of Public Security
  • Shanghai Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Shanghai Natural History Museum
  • Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
  • Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center
  • Shanghai Water Displaying Hall
  • Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
  • Yuz Museum
  • Long Museum
  • Guangfulin Relics Park
  • Madame Tussauds Shanghai

Shanxi

  • Chinese Dictionary Museum
  • Shanxi Provincial Museum (Taiyuan)
  • Shanxi Provincial Museum of Art (Taiyuan)
  • Datong Museum (Lower Huayan Monastery of Datong)
  • The Coal Museum of China (Taiyuan)

Sichuan

  • Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong
  • Zigong Salt History Museum, Zigong
  • Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Chengdu
  • Du Fu Cao Tang (Thatched Cottage of Du Fu), Chengdu
  • Sanxingdui Museum
  • Jinsha Site Museum
  • China Colour Lantern Museum
  • Jianchuan Museum Cluster
  • Liu Family Estate Museum, formerly Dayi Landlord Manor Exhibition Hall, in Anren, Dayi County