Located inside the Zhenhai Tower in the Yuexiu Park, the Guangzhou Municipal Museum is devoted to collecting historical data in Guangzhou area. Founded in 1929, the Museum is one of the earliest of its kind in China. The 5-storied building of 28 meters tall, along with the 5-goat sculpture, has become the monument of the city.

The Museum collects 40,000 pieces of cultural relics and historical documents, 56 of which are of the national first grade. The most treasured pieces are: a Qin dagger unearthed in 1962 near the Guangzhou suburb, and two lacquer boxes unearthed in a Qin tomb, which are the earliest records of exchanges between Han nationality states and minority states around.

The 28-meter tower was built in the 13^thyear of the Hongwu Reign (1380) of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The displays in it focus on the three characteristics of Guangzhou: long history, booming trade and developed transportation system, and revolutionary events.

Publications of the Museum includeGuangzhou Han Tomb,Huigang Han Tomb, Guangzhou Relics and Historical Sites, and so on.