introduce

Yunnan Ethnic Museum is located near Dianchi Lake, adjacent to Yunnan Ethnic Village, about 9 kilometers away from Kunming City. There are about 20,000 exhibits of 26 ethnic groups in the province, divided into 8 themes and 11 exhibition halls. It is a good place to understand the splendid ethnic minority culture in Yunnan. The museum is divided into two floors, the first floor has "ethnic costumes and crafts", "ethnic costume art", "ethnic writing ancient books", "ethnic handicraft shop"; the second floor has "ethnic information center", "ethnic folk masks", Exhibition halls such as "folk tiles", "traditional production and living technology", "ethnic folk art", "ethnic musical instruments" and "treasures of strange stones". You can visit one by one according to the indicated route in the museum, or you can choose to play according to your personal preferences. Among them, several museums such as ethnic costumes, ethnic folk masks and ethnic musical instruments attract tourists. In the exhibition of national costumes and crafts, you can see tie-dyeing of the Bai nationality, batik of the Miao nationality, Dai brocade, Zhuang brocade and other weaving arts. The various embroidery methods are eye-opening. In the exhibition of folk masks, you can see masks with different meanings such as dancing god masks, sacrificial masks, and drama masks, which are very diverse. Among the national musical instruments, there are also many musical instruments that ordinary people have never heard or seen, and each has a unique way of playing, which is amazing.

opening hours

All year round Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-16:30 (last admission 16:00) closed on Monday