Guangdong Provincial Museum in 1957, started October 1, 1959, the Guangdong Provincial Museum and under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Lu Xun Memorial Hall officially opened. Locations old building in a Wen Ming Road, Guangzhou Zhongshan University site 215 (ie, the original site of Guangdong Gongyuan), covers an area of ​​43,000 square meters, in addition to Lu Xun Memorial Hall in Guangzhou, also has jurisdiction over national cultural heritage - the KMT "a big" site (including the revolution Square) and the Guangdong Provincial cultural relics protection units - such as the Red House.

December 12, 2004, the Guangdong Provincial Museum, the new museum in the axis of the new Guangzhou city - the cultural arts plaza south of the central area of ​​Pearl River New City foundation, planning a total land area of ​​41,000 square meters, with a total construction area of ​​67,000 square meters, basement, five on the ground, the main configuration Hall (20500㎡), collections preservation system (8300㎡), educational facilities (3100㎡), business research facilities (4,700) as well as security, public services, integrated management systems. Pavilion is divided into historical museum, nature museum, art gallery and temporary exhibition hall four major sections.

The new building structure is novel and unique design, the use of "treasure box" design concept, the use of reinforced concrete core structure carrying a giant steel truss suspension system. Slip the total weight of the overall giant steel roof truss of the new museum of 8700 tons, is the world's largest steel weight altitude slip works. Since the pavilion is suspended by a massive steel trusses out, without an intermediate column structure, it provides good conditions for display display.

The new museum building advanced equipment, first-class facilities, implementation of comprehensive intelligent management, including security, facilities management, information and communications, audio and video network applications and intelligent systems. Heritage and the Treasury and some pavilions achieve constant temperature and humidity and gas fire.

New museum exhibitions Guangdong history, culture, art, nature into three main display direction, follow function, economy, innovation, information, technology, art exhibition on Chen content writing, sound principles, fully reflects the unique personality of Lingnan culture and Guangdong Museum collection level.

Guangdong Provincial Museum new museum of "advanced international and domestic first-class" large modern comprehensive museum for the construction of goal, "based in Guangdong, facing the country, to the world", and strive to become a collection of Guangdong and the country has a greater influence, and research Exhibition Center. After the completion of the new museum opening function will be more complete, more colorful exhibitions, services more user-friendly, Guangzhou will become an important tourist sites and the country and the world to understand Guangdong important window. This "full of treasures container green ribbon" to each other and arts and cultural facilities around, become the Pearl River New City, a beautiful landscape, add new luster to further enhance the Guangdong Province, the cultural image of Guangzhou, culture, cultural taste.

Scenic Area Address: Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, Tianhe District, Zhujiang Road 2

Car lines: 1, Guangzhou city by 886,886A, 293 bus at Xiancun Road South Station that; or take the 40,407 bus at the Guangzhou Opera House Ximen Station that is. Metro Line 3 Zhujiang New Town Station Exit B1, and move forward to the Guangzhou Opera House, then along Riverside Avenue eastbound 200 meters. 2, Guangzhou City subway No. 5 liede station exit lines D, to move forward Xiancun Road, South Road Xiancun then left along the row that is about 200 meters to.