Southern Opera Museum sits on the former site of the old Yikang Bank in the downtown Wenzhou, a traditional courtyard house with a total construction area of over 700 square meters. As a typical architecture in the period of the Republic of China (1912 – 1949), the house has a three-storey main building and a baroque façade. Address: 22, Siyingtang Lane

Folk Museum, located in the campus of Wenzhou University, is a professional museum exhibiting Wenzhou’s colorful local folk customs and arts. Established by Wenzhou Municipal Government and Wenzhou University, the 700-square-meter museum houses over 800 pieces of exhibits related to Wenzhou’s folklore to reflect Wenzhou’s traditional folk culture. Tel: 0577-86680987

Wenzhou Museum Founded in 1958 and originally sitting on Jiangxin Island, Wenzhou Museum moved into its new building in 2003 at the west of the Century Square at Shifu Road in the downtown Wenzhou. Wenzhou Museum exhibits more than 20,000 pieces of cultural relics falling into 20 categories including pottery, bronze ware, painted sculptures, brick carvings, lacquer ware, paintings and calligraphies. Address Shifu Road, Lucheng District. Tel: 0577-88939991 / 88939992

Science and Technology Museum, a base for science education in Wenzhou, covers a construction area of 26,000 square meters and an exhibition area of 15,000 square meters. The museum houses over 230 exhibits in two exhibition sections. Address Century Square, Shifu Road, Lucheng District. Tel: 0577-88958895