Nantong Museum, Jiangsu 江苏南通博物苑

Location: China, Jiangsu, Chongchuan District, Nantong Google Maps Amap
Part of: Stamps: Nantong Museum, National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit
Nearby: Wuxi 78km, Suzhou 83km, Classical Gardens of Suzhou 83km, Zhouzhuang 100km, Shanghai 109km, Lake Tai 110km

The Nantong Museum was founded in the late Qing by the industrialist Zhang Jian, the first public museum set up by Chinese themselves. It combines garden and galleries, displaying relics and specimens among cultivated plants, and its early South, Middle and North halls still stand.