The museum has 50,000 cultural relics, 50 first-class collections/kloc-0, and more than 4,000 famous painters and calligraphers handed down from Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Important collections include the Ming Dynasty Xingci mirror paper painting Bodhisattva scroll and Ming Chenghua Doucai Haima Tian Zi jar.
The museum basically shows the history of Qingdao for nearly a hundred years. The exhibitions held include ancient paintings and calligraphy, modern paintings and calligraphy, ancient handicrafts, ancient porcelain, cultural relics and treasures.