The Memorial of the Former Site of the Peasant Movement Institute Directed by Comrade Mao Zedong, located at the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, is a museum in memory of the Chinese revolution. The memorial used to be the site of the Lecture Hall of Panyu Confucian Temple, initially built in 1370 in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). During the first cooperation between the KMT and the CPC, the Peasant Movement Institute, proposed and supported by the Chinese Communists, was run in the name of the KMT to train carders for the peasants' movement for adapting the development of the revolutionary situations. From July 1924 to September 1926, six semesters were run successively and 800 carders for peasants' movement were trained. The first two semesters were run in the Huizhou Guild Hall at Yuexiu South Road, the next two at No. 1 Donggao Avenue, and the last two in the Lecture Hall of Panyu Confucian Temple with Mao Zedong as Director.

In 1953, the Preparatory Committee of Restoring the Former Site of the Peasant Movement Institute was established with the purpose of renovating and restoring the former site of running the sixth semester for training peasants' movement. In 1954, the administration department of the memorial was established. In 1956, the Memorial of the Former Site of the Peasant Movement Institute Directed by Comrade Mao Zedong was officially founded. In 1957, the memorial was opened to the public. In 1961, the Former Site of the Peasant Movement Institute in Guangzhou was listed as one of the major historical sites under the State protection.

The memorial has collected 1,152 items of historical relics, of which 64 pieces belong to Class One relics, including the badge of the Peasant Movement Institute andthe Collected Works of Peasants' Issuewith Mao Zedong as the editor-in-chief. Also available in the memorial are over 2,000 items of reproductions of the historical relics, over 10,000 photos, around 7,000 pieces of information material and over 10,000 books. Now in addition to the display of the restored site of the sixth semester, there is also a special topic of the Display of the Peasant Movement Institute in Guangzhou. The memorial has compiled and publishedthe Former Site of the Peasant Movement Institute Directed by Comrade Mao Zedong,the Articles on Studying the Peasant Movement Institute in Guangzhou,the Selected Materials of the Peasant Movement in Guangdongandthe Selected Materials of the Peasant Movement Institute in Guangzhou. Up to 1986, the memorial had received visitors of about 11 million person-times.