China Abacus Museum
中国珠算博物馆
The only national-level museum in China devoted to the abacus, with historical abacuses and classical texts on abacus arithmetic, popular with family study trips.
The China Abacus Museum sits on the northern bank of Haohe River near Si Street. It is the only specialist museum in the country focused on the abacus, holding several thousand abacuses, including a jade abacus made by Nantong's Zhou Maoqi in the Qing dynasty, abacuses from around the world and classical abacus-arithmetic texts. It also introduces abacus arithmetic, which was inscribed in 2013 on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. There are hands-on interactive areas. It is free to enter, closed on Mondays, and a visit takes about 1 hour.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 09:00–17:00 (closed Mon)
Nearby sights
- Si Street Historic District
- Tianning Temple & Guangxiao Pagoda
- Hao River Scenic Area
- Haonan Villa (Zhang Jian Memorial Hall)
- Nantong Blue Calico Museum
- Nantong Museum
- Nantong Textile Museum
- Wenfeng Pagoda & Park