SHENZHEN Longhua Piano Museum, the country’s largest historical piano museum, opened June 21.

Located in the Cultural Activity Center of Bozhi Building, the museum houses 2,985 antique pianos and related items across three floors, covering a total area of about 5,324 square meters. The collection includes 258 rare pianos from the personal collection of the museum’s director Xu Jingyan.

More than just a display of piano heritage, the museum serves as a multifunctional hub for education, academic research, and cultural exchange, offering visitors a deep dive into the evolution and artistry of pianos.

Highlights of the first floor

● Over 100 piano and music-themed paintings, including more than 40 portraits of renowned musicians. Beneath each portrait, visitors can scan QR codes to listen to iconic compositions by the great masters.

● Exhibition of 19th to early 20th century chamber organs

● Pianos once played by legendary musicians such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, and Brahms, or their exact period counterparts.

● Brighton Pavilion piano used by King George IV of England

● The Tchaikovsky family’s pianos

● Gothic-style pianos

Highlights of the second floor

● Pre-WWI artistic upright pianos, tracing their journey from aristocratic salons to middle-class homes

● Origin and development of piano in China

Highlights of the third floor

● Exhibits showing how the Industrial Revolution transformed piano manufacturing

● The world’s most extensive collection of square pianos

● Iconic grand pianos from the Baroque to the Romantic Period

Address: 65 Minfu North Road, Minzhi Subdistrict, Longhua District

Hours: Tue-Fri: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sat-Sun: 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Metro: Line 5 to Minzhi Station (民治站), Exit D, then walk about 900 meters.

(Wang Jingli)