Museums in Shenzhen

Design Society is a design-focused cultural centre in Shekou's Sea World district, housed in a striking building designed by Fumihiko Maki. It features a permanent V&A Gallery — the first overseas collaboration for London's Victoria and Albert Museum — alongside rotating design exhibitions and a theatre.

The Shenzhen Museum is the city's principal history and archaeology museum, housed in the Civic Centre complex in Futian. Its permanent exhibitions trace the region's history from Neolithic coastal settlements through the Opium Wars to Shenzhen's explosive modern growth.

The Shenzhen Art Museum (New Venue) opened in 2023 in the Futian cultural cluster, offering a significantly expanded exhibition space for Chinese contemporary art. The building's fluid, organic form echoes its neighbour MOCAUP.

A dramatic architecture by Coop Himmelb(l)au housing rotating contemporary art exhibitions..

The Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MOCAUP) occupies a striking cloudlike building in the Futian Civic Centre area, designed by Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au. It combines contemporary art exhibitions with displays about Shenzhen's urban development and future city planning.

A museum documenting Shenzhen's transformation from fishing village to megacity since 1980..

The He Xiangning Art Museum is China's first national-level art museum named after a woman, dedicated to the painter and political figure He Xiangning (1878–1972). Located in the OCT area of Nanshan, it houses her ink-wash paintings alongside contemporary Chinese art exhibitions.

The Longgang Dragon Museum in eastern Shenzhen explores the cultural significance of dragon mythology and artistry in Chinese tradition. The museum houses a collection of dragon-themed artefacts, textiles, and ceremonial objects.

A museum dedicated to Guanshan Yue, the Lingnan-school landscape painter who helped define modern Chinese ink art..