Yunnan Provincial Museum, 6393 Guangfu Road, Guandu District (about 2 km southwest of Xingyao Road Station on Metro Line 1; catch bus no. z84 from the station if you don't want to walk). Tu-Su 09:00-17:00, no entry after 16:30. A large museum containing artifacts from the past 2,500 years. The items presented are reasonably well lit and the interior is amazing. A slow stroll through the museum may take two hours. Descriptions are mainly given in Chinese. The permanent exhibitions are on the two upper floors, while the ground floor hosts temporary exhibitions. 

Yunnan Railway Museum, Kunming North Railway Station, 913 Beijing Road, Panlong District (Section 1 is in the main railway station building, Section 2 is 500 m to the east of the railway station; Kunming North Railway Station can be reached by metro train on Line 2; the metro station is on the south side of the railway station). Wed-Su 09:00-16:00. This is a smallish museum dedicated to the various narrow gauge railways constructed to link Yunnan with other places. These railways were brought into existence principally through French-Chinese collaboration but the equipment originated in various countries. The museum is in two sections: The first contains maps, documents, models, information boards and small artifacts. The information boards and artifact labels are generally in Chinese and English, but many of the copies of original documents and annotated drawings are in French and Chinese. The second section of the museum houses various locomotives and rolling stock. Non-commercial photography is permitted but, as both sections of the museum are poorly lit, a tripod might be useful. Railway enthusiasts can probably browse contentedly for an hour or two but small children and people with no interest in history or railways might find 15 minutes to be more than long enough. 

Yunnan University Wu Mayao Museum of Anthropology, Yunnan University, 2 Cuihu North Road, Wuhua District (just south of the main university gate on Beimen Street; bus nos. 92, 139 and 187 stop near here). Reportedly closed during the university's summer and winter vacation periods. Fascinating museum with an impressive collection of minority and Han artifacts from around Yunnan. Highlights include painted wooden torso armor of the Yi people, fearsome warriors of a traditional caste society who historically controlled the mountainous region between Sichuan and Yunnan and whose queen was instrumental in negotiating the entry into Yunnan of the Mongol Horde at the dawn of the Yuan Dynasty, ushering in the first real period of Han control thus beginning the widespread Sinification in Yunnan province. 

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