Children appreciate a piece of pottery at the Wuxi Xinli Museum. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]

Two museums in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, were recently upgraded to the national third-grade level, local media reported on Aug 27.

Established by Wuxi Xinli Investment Management Group in 2011, Wuxi Xinli Museum mainly displays jade ware, ceramics, bronze, Buddhist items, and Korean and Chinese paintings in its 3,600-square-meter exhibition spaces. Many of the exhibits are from the private collection of curator Ding Feng.

The museum, which is free to the public, has arranged over 50 temporary exhibitions and more than 160 various activities over the past 13 years.

A bird's-eye view of Helyu Relics Museum. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]

Helyu Relics Museum, which opened to the public in 2014, was established at the site of the Helyu City Ruins, which can be dated to 2,500 years ago and was listed among the top 10 new archaeological discoveries in China in 2008.

The museum mainly displays stamped hard pottery and celadon unique to the regions along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Southeast China's coastal areas, reflecting the production technology and daily life in the Wu Kingdom of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC).

US students tour the Helyu Relics Museum. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]

In addition to permanent exhibitions on Wu Culture, an important part of Chinese civilization, Helyu Relics Museum offers a variety of temporary exhibitions each year.

Wuxi is currently home to 65 museums, the second-most in Jiangsu, including three national first-grade ones – Wuxi Museum, Jiangyin Museum, and Yixing Museum.