Address: 77 Gunxiufang, Shiquan Street, Canglang District, Suzhou
Description: The Bookworm Suzhou is at once café, bookstore, restaurant, library, bar, comedy club, and live music venue; truly a central cultural hub of the great city of Suzhou, and one of the most classic expat-operate...
Address: 12 Minzhi Lu, Suzhou
Description:
Frequented by the Suzhou intellectuals, Lanse's shelves are packed with volumes on art, philosophy, literature, poetry and the sciences.
...Address: 117 Siqian Jie, Suzhou
Description:
This intrepid cartographer's heaven is brimming with maps of every description. Most are printed in Chinese, but some English-language maps and atlases are available.
...Address: 164-166 Guangqian Jie, Suzhou
Description:
This largest of Suzhou's bookstores offers literature, history, management and best-selling books on the ground floor with children's fiction, art-related and English-language books on the second.
...Address: 858 Renmin Lu, Suzhou
Description: The new Suzhou Library was opened to the public on the 18th of June 2001, in the courtyard of the former Municipal People's Congress, in the downtown area. The new building structure occupies a total built area...
Address: 88 Xibei Jie, Suzhou
Description: Suzhou Industrial Arts Museum has over 1000 items in its collection including embroidery, silk rugs, jade articles, rosewood pieces, sandalwood fans, ivory and wood sculpture, opera costumes, musical instrument...
Address: 3 Canglangting Jie, Suzhou
Description: Suzhou Art Gallery specializes in painting, calligraphy and modern Chinese art, with particular focus on local Suzhou artists. The gallery also holds special seminars, provides training, continues to serve as a...
Address: Panru Xiang, Suzhou
Description: Suzhou Museum of Folk-customs is located to the east of the famous Lion Forest. The museum has exhibits of local housing styles, folk art (including paper cutting, ceramics and peasant paintings) and local marr...
Address: 14 Zhongzhangjia Xiang, Suzhou (near Pingjiang Lishi Jie)
Description: Suzhou Traditional Opera Museum is located in a picturesque neighborhood in the east of Suzhou, inside Zhangjiaxiang Quanjin Assembly Hall. The museum displays traditional instruments and other artifacts connec...
Address: 204 Dongbei Jie, Suzhou (west of Former Residence of Li Xiucheng)
Description: The superb new Suzhou Museum, designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei, opened in 2006 in Dongbei Street, and is located 3 km (1.9 miles) north of the center. The building is a dramatic fusion of traditional and...
Address: 2001 Renmin Lu, Suzhou
Description: Suzhou Silk Museum is located in Beishitan Tower, 3.5 km (2.2 miles) north of the center. The various displays give an excellent overview of the history of Suzhou's silk industry and aspects of sericulture and ...
Address: 580 Renmin Lu, Canglang District, Suzhou
Description: Finally, though the store I'm about to mention hasn't opened yet, it does sound like a promising undertaking, definitely to be taken note of. Phoenix International Book Mall, which is currently under constructi...
Address: 219 Tongda Lu, Wuzhong District, Suzhou