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Gulangyu Piano Museum is the only museum in China displaying various kinds of antique pianos from different places in the world. All the pianos in the museum were donated by Hu Youyi, a collector of pianos who is a native of Gulangyu Islet and now resides in Australia, including precious pianos and over 60 ancient piano lamps collected by Mr. Hu during his life.
The Piano Museum covers a full two storeys and exhibits over 100 world famous ancient pianos from France, Austria, Britain, Australia and the Americas. They were collected by the patriotic overseas Chinese Hu Youyi, who was born on Gulangyu Island. They include the well-known Steinwat and Sons made in the United States during the first half of 19th century, the world's tallest upright piano by Broadward and Sons, as well as the biggest and oldest vertical piano. Standing in the kingdom of pianos, travelers can not only listen to old beautiful melodies, but play them too on these precious old musical instruments.
Address:Tingtao Xuan,Shuzhuang Garden, Gulangyu, Xiamen
Hours: 08:15 - 18:00
Price: Free
Getting there: Take bus No.3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 19a, 19b to Haibin Building