Suzhou Silk Museum, Shanghai, China

Today: Open today, 09:00 – 17:00
Standing: High
Rank: Rank 110 of 10,894

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

Plan your visit.

Opening hours

Monday	09:00 – 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 – 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 – 17:00
Thursday	09:00 – 17:00
Friday	09:00 – 17:00
Saturday	09:00 – 17:00
Sunday	09:00 – 17:00

Parsed from OpenStreetMap opening hours on 2026-09-09.

About Suzhou Silk Museum

The Suzhou Silk Museum is a museum in Suzhou, established in 1991, that documents the history of silk production and Suzhou embroidery from around 2000 BC. Its exhibits include old looms with weaving demonstrations, samples of ancient silk patterns and an explanation of sericulture, the rearing of silkworms. A room full of live silkworms eating mulberry leaves and spinning cocoons was once a major attraction, but by December 2009 the live silkworms had been replaced with models.

Checked 2026-11-05 · Source

Place details and sources

Address: 人民路, 2001, 苏州市, CN OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Wheelchair access: Available OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Type of place: Museum OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Established: 1991 Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Wikipedia article: Suzhou Silk Museum Wikipedia · Checked 2026-09-09

Website Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
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Common questions

When was the Suzhou Silk Museum founded?

In 1991.

Are there live silkworms?

No longer: by December 2009 the live silkworms had been replaced with models.

Where it is

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