Guangdong Museum is new public museum in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, China. It is located in Zhujiang New Town of Guangzhou. Welcome to Guangdong Museum when you participate in Canton Fair 2013.
Guangdong museum is situated by the northern banks of the Pearl River in the centre of Tianhe District, the Central Business District of Guangzhou.The museum has recently completed construction in 2010. The museum opened on May 18, 2010 to the public.
The new building of Guangdong Provincial Museum was launched on The International Museum Day, May 18, 2010 at Zhujiang New Town and can be easily accessed by subway. The new museum is located in the neighborhood of Guangzhou Opera House and Guangzhou Library. The museum building is named as “Treasure Box Of Moonlight” with contemporary architecture design.
The Guangdong Museum is one of four major cultural landmark buildings for the new financial hub in Zhujiang Xincheng (Pearl River New Town) of Guangzhou. Rocco Design Architects Ltd. was announced winner of an international invited competition in May 2004 and was subsequently appointed as design architect of the project. The five-storey museum has a total floor area of approximately 67,000 square metres.