Guangzhou Metro Museum (广州地铁博物馆)
Guangzhou Metro Museum is free to experience and is located right at Wanshengwei station. We learned a lot about the development and history of Guangzhou Metro. There was information about metro building in general and many interactive displays for kids to learn and have fun at the same town. Though, like most museums in Guangzhou, didn't have much English, All of our kids enjoyed the musuem and weren't too bored. While we were there, we saw a group of elementary students visiting. This must be a popular school trip destination.
Sinkhole
The metro is still rapidly expanding. Unfortunately, recently (Dec 1, 2019), a sinkhole nearby a metro construction site collapsed and swallowed three people.
Guangzhou Thirteen Hongs Museum (廣州十三行博物館)
The Guangzhou Thirteen Hongs Museum is mostly about Guangzhou and its foreign trade port. At a time, it was the only port open to foreigners. You can see some ancient trading documents and beautiful arts being traded at the time. Some of these arts have a strong western influence and was interesting to see. Overall, it is a great musuem with well curated display. Our kids could enjoy the musuem because it was one of the few museums that had English descriptions.
Guangzhou museum (广州博物馆)
The Guangzhou musuem is one of the oldest museum in China. The site of the building, Zhenhai Tower, was built in the Ming Dynasty (1380). It has a history of more than 600 years and is a famous ancient building in Guangzhou. The museum displayed many historic and cultural relics in Guangzhou. You can see how the city develops throughout the years. There was a huge display of porcelain plates with coat of arms (apparently commissioned by different foreigners).
At the top of the museum, there is an open space where you can get some fresh air and appreciate the sceneries below.