West Lake Museum

West Lake is so beloved by the Hangzhou people that a museum was constructed to display its postcard-perfect natural scenery, irresistible charm, and enduring cultural heritage. Situated in the south part of Temple to King Qians, West Lake Museum, featuring a fantastic array of cultural and historical portraits representing Hangzhou, is a great place to head before hatching any travel plans around this city.

Decorated with photos, models, artifacts, and replica scenes, it offers a mesmerizing visual introduction to the top sports dispersed around West Lake. Meanwhile, it functions as a tourist service center and a repository of literature and scientific works devoted to West Lake.

West Lake Museum's modern design and amazing displays render the otherwise overexposed material vivid and engaging. You can experience a 3-D history lesson in its stereoscopic cinema. All the introductions here are bilingual: Chinese and English. This enables you to learn which birds once lived around the West Lake, which flowers once blossomed around, which famous people once lived in Hangzhou, and what they have left.

Opening Hours: 09:00-17:00 throughout the year (closed on Mondays and open as usual on national holidays)

Address: 89 Nanshan Road, Shangcheng District

Telephone: +86 571 87882279