Tianjin Zoo

Dedicated to the late Chinese premier Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) and his wife Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), both of whom are widely celebrated in China for their contribution to the socialist revolution. The memorial hall has an extensive collection of photographs and artefacts pertaining to the lives of the two individuals. Some notable artefacts include the printing press used to print the Tientsin Student newspaper during the May Fourth Movement, an aircraft donated to Zhou Enlai by the Soviet Union, Zhou Enlai's car and the urn that once contained both Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao's ashes. As of 2021, visitors are required to make a booking on WeChat before visiting (see website for QR code).

The eighth tallest freestanding tower in the world. But this one might be one of the most spectacular as it is surrounded by water.

Since 2020 all visitors have been required to make an appointment before visiting the museum. Visitor numbers are capped at 4500 on ordinary days and 7500 on public holidays. Appointments can be made on the museum's website (which is in Chinese only) and also on the museum's WeChat account (see website for QR code).

Tianjin Museum has modern exhibition halls with an area of 11,000 square meters as well as cultural and leisure facilities with multiple functions. It looks like a swan spreading its wings to fly from the lake surface. It possesses cultural relics of almost 200,000 items, including calligraphy, painting, bronze, ceramics, jade article, stamp of ruler’s seal, carapace bone, coin, historical document, relics of modern times, folk craftwork and so on. Among them, there are nearly 1000 grade one cultural relics of the state. Appointments to visit the museum can be made on the museum's WeChat account (see website for QR code).

Visitors are expected to make a booking before visiting the museum. Bookings can be made on WeChat (see here for QQ code).

Visitors are advised to make an appointment before visiting the museum, but it's possible to visit without a prior appointment as long as the daily limit on the number of visitors has not been exceeded.