* Guangzhou City Art Museum: guang-zhou-mei-shù-guan (Metro 2 Yue Xiu Gong Yuan)– Located near the Zhehai Building in Yuexiu Park, this impressive gallery has more than 10,000 pieces of art work, including calligraphy, traditional Chinese paintings, sculptures and Tibetan Buddhist art (Thangka).

* Guangdong Museum of Art: guang-dong-mei-shù-guan, 8 Yanyu Lu, Er-sha Island, (Tour Bus No.2). Open 9AM-5PM, Tue-Sun. The museum is located on Er-Sha Island and focuses on contemporary Chinese art, with a particular emphasis on Guangdong artists. Admission ¥15. Under 18 is free with paying parents.

* Nanyue Royal Tomb Museum ( nán-yuè-wáng-mù), 867 Jiefang Bei Lu, (Metro 2 Yue Xiu Gong Yuan) - Across from Yuexiu Park. This is a tomb of a king of ancient South China. 9AM-5:30PM. Admission is ¥12, 20 8666 0885)

* Guangzhou Sculpture Park guang-zhou-diao-sù-gong-yuán – Tongxin Lu at the foot of Baiyun Mountain. (Tour Bus No. 1, 3)

* President Sun Yat-Sen Museum 18 Dongsha Jie, Fangzhi Lu . +86 20 3428-1366. Admission is ¥6. Open 9am-5pm Tue-Sun. Closed Mon.

* Guangzhou Uprising Museum 200 Qiyi Lu(Metro 1, 2 Gong Yuan Qian Exit J). The Museum is at the site of the first Communist government building. Open 9AM—12PM and 1:30PM-4:30PM Tues–Sun. Closed Mon.

* Guangdong Revolutions History Museum 2 Lingyuan Xi Lu [b8907[p, (Located in the martyrs memorial park. Metro 1 Lie Shi Ling Yuan Exit D). Sun Yat-Sen was sworn in here in 1921 as the president of Republic of China. The museum tells stories from the Opium War to the founding of the new China.

* Peasant Movement Institute (nóng-jiang-suo) 42 Zhongshan 4 Lu ,(Metro 1, Nong Jiang Suo Exit C). This is the original site of Communist training center founded by Mao Tse-tung in the 1920s. Now it is a museum covering the recent China revolutionary history. Open 9AM-4:30PM Tue-Sat.