Xiamen Piano Museum
This is the only museum in China which is dedicated solely to pianos. The Piano Museum is located on the Gulangyu Island in the Tide Viewing Tower of Shuzhuang Garden. The island is often known as the piano island simply because of the long known popularity of pianos among the local people. This museum depicts the culture and history of pianos. Expert musicians as well as uninitiated visitors would be charmed by the beautiful pianos, the artistry involved in creating them and the lovely music to come away more knowledgeable about the beauty and history of pianos.
The unique Piano Museum is spread over two full stories and it exhibits more than 100 ancient pianos that are world famous. The pianos have been collected from the Americas, Australia, Britain, Austria and France. All pianos were collected by Hu Youyi, an overseas patriotic Chinese. He was born on the Gulangyu Island.