With the rapid development of economy and tourism industry, culture experience of travel is well welcomed by tourists. Suzhou is an over-2500-year-old ancient city with profound and rich culture. Kun Opera is one of its outstanding representives, and it was also designated as the first batch of intangible cultural world heritage lists by UNESCO in 2001. Located in the Pingjiang historic block, Suzhou Kun Opera Museum is a good place to learn the history and development of Kun Opera.

The Museum has a vast of collections related to the Kun Opera including scription, people and props. It's hard for visitors to imagine how prosperously the Kun Opera had developed for 300 years in the history, especially in Qing and Ming dynasty. 

There is one magnificent stage for Kun Opera performance inside the main hall, where it can hold 100 audience. The museum will invite some Kun Opera Troupes from all over China to conduct one live performance every week. If you are interested, please note the relating news on its website.

On one side of the stage, it demonstrates a lot of different costume, hats, props, and facial makeup of the Kun Opera. 

On the other side, it lays out the traditional musical instruments, which are played during the performance.

The highlight of the museum is the stage in the yard. It has been preserved well for over 200 years, and was highly praised by renowed architect, Mr. I.M. Pei, which is also one of the world cultural heritage sites. 

A renowed painter in the 20th century called Mr. Gao Ma'de, specialized in drawing people in the opera. In 2006, Mr. Gao decided to relocate his gallery to the museum. 

In 2015, I traveled to Greece and the Acropolis Museum impressed me a lot. There is one cafe on the second balcony. Most of tourists preferred to drink a cup of coffee, enjoy modern lifestyle while overlooking the Acropolis.

Suzhou Kun Opera Museum has two world cultural world heritage sites, so it has the potential to become a world-level museum, but still has a long way to go. For examples, besides delicate muti-language service, the museum is recommended to develop vivid Kun Opera performance on the stage while enjoying modern lifstyle such as drinking coffee or tea along two sides of the stage.