By the end of 1989, there were 40 1 15 collections, including 665438 natural specimens and 55 first-class cultural relics. The collection has local characteristics, such as stone tools, pottery, jade articles and bone horns unearthed from the Neolithic site in Qingdun, Hai 'an, as well as pan iron, a salt frying tool in the Han Dynasty, and a celadon pot unearthed in Nantong City 1973 in the late Tang Dynasty (827-907 AD) (made by Yuezhou kiln imitating the leather pot of northern nomads). "Chen Xuruoji" porcelain milk was made by Nantong famous doctor Mr. Chen Shigong (No.Xu Ruo) during the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty (1573 ~ 1620). Calligraphy, painting, embroidery and other works of art include paintings by Li (Nantong) from Yangzhou Eight Schools and embroidery by Shen Shou, a modern embroiderer. Revolutionary cultural relics include documents, manuscripts, weapons and martyrs' relics of the anti-Qing struggle in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. The exhibition area of the museum is 450 square meters, which is divided into three basic exhibitions: historical relics, revolutionary relics and natural specimens. The historical part includes gold, jade, ceramics, rubbings, civil engineering, vehicles, portraits, divination, military weapons, instruments of torture, prison tools and other exhibits; The art part includes calligraphy and painting, sculpture, Qi Diao, embroidery, silk reeling, knitting, stationery and so on. Among them, there is a 12 long screen embroidered with the words "Zhou Jin Tangji" in Luxiang Garden and the image of "Jesus" embroidered by Shen Shou, which is a fine work of art; Education is divided into imperial examinations, private schools and schools. In the imperial examination era, there were papers, entrainment, window classes, teaching AIDS and models in school teaching.
The historical relics on display, from primitive society to the late Qing Dynasty, include the early collections of the museum, such as the bronze drums of the Han Dynasty in the Warring States Period, the celadon furnace of Longquan kiln in the Song Dynasty, the porcelain pillow with black flowers on white background in Cizhou kiln in the Yuan Dynasty, and the cotton cloth unearthed in the tombs of the Ming Dynasty. Among modern cultural relics, there are handwriting, documents, objects and historical pictures of Zhang Jian's founding of Sheng Da cotton mill, reclamation of salt field and cultural and educational undertakings; The last part of the exhibition of historical relics is the story of Bai (Nantong native, Li Dazhao's teacher), a martyr of the Revolution of 1911 and a former chief of staff of the Northern Revolutionary Army. Exhibit picture Blue-and-white double-ear gourd-shaped flat bottle: There is a blue-and-white double-ear gourd-shaped flat bottle in Qianlong period, with a height of 17.7 cm, a diameter of 2.7 cm and a bottom diameter of 6.2×4. 1 cm. This bottle is gourd-shaped, bulging under the mouth, short neck, round waist and shoulders, small on the top and large on the bottom, with two ears attached to each side, and the circle foot is slightly rectangular and oval, with six characters and three lines of blue and white seal characters in it. The bottle mouth is painted with a circle of deformed wishful patterns and mosaic patterns, and the theme pattern on both sides of the belly is "Shou" by Ssangyong. Two flat dragons tightly surrounded Tuanshou and an upside-down bat. The dragon head is placed in the lower abdomen of the bottle, and the dragon tail is placed on the shoulder, which means "longevity and happiness". The auxiliary decoration on the bottle body is grass scroll pattern, two patterns are painted on the ear, and the outer wall of the circle foot is decorated with palindrome. This is a blue and white palace display in the early years of Qianlong. The glaze is smooth and shiny, and the blue and white hair color is elegant and beautiful, with a slight halo. Style in Yongzheng period still has the characteristics of unstable color and halo. Zhang Jian used a bloodstone seal:1983 May 13, Nantong Museum bought a bloodstone seal in the cultural relics store. The seal is intact, and the printed surface is square, with a side length of 1. 1 cm and a height of 3. 1 cm. The seal is small and exquisite, covered with blood spots, and the pattern of blood spots is extremely beautiful. The printed text content is the word "Chen Xin", and the expressions of Zhu Wen and Bai Wen are used alternately, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye and has a unique charm. The border section is "Gyeonggi System", and Gyeonggi is the name of the engraver. As can be seen from the contents of the seal, the holder of this seal is Mr. Zhang Jian, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty and the pioneer of China modernization. Langshan Rhyme Pot: This pot was creatively designed by Ji Hansheng, a famous Chinese folk inventor and cultural and artistic ambassador for promoting China's peaceful reunification. The "Lang Mountain Landscape Map" on the front of the pot body was created by Chen Dazhang, a famous master of Chinese painting. The calligraphy on the back of the pot was written by Zhang Yukui, the chief artist of UNESCO, and the calligraphy and painting on the pot body were all engraved by Zhang Dalin, chairman of China Sculpture Art Association. The Cloud-holding Pot on Langya Mountain is another masterpiece of Ji Hansheng after 1992 created the Dragon Pot in China and the Knowing Pot. It has been collected in Nantong Museum, the first museum in China. This pot is frustum-shaped, symbolizing the beauty of Nantong, a famous historical and cultural city, and the children of Jianghai. The height of the pot is 14 cm, which means that Nantong is one of the first 14 coastal cities in China. The capacity is 1069 ml, corresponding to the elevation of Langshan Mountain, a natural landscape in Nantong106.9m.. The clasp of the pot is a sculpture of the ancient jade pagoda, symbolizing the Langshan Cloud Pagoda, where "the mountains and seas embrace the golden lotus, and the dry Kun falls on the Tianzhu"; As an extension of the pot body, the spout and handle symbolize the "Jade Necklace" Haohe River around the old city of Nantong, the first city in modern China. The natural part includes living animals and plants, specimens, fossils and minerals. There are foreign animal specimens, such as Xerox birds in Nanyang Islands, crocodiles in India, spotted rats in Russia, kangaroos and hummingbirds in America, Bibi in North Korea and silkworms in Singapore. There are fern fossils, various fruit trees and medicinal plants in the plants; Minerals include 19 10 mineral specimens donated by various provinces after the Nanyang persuasion meeting, an exposition jointly organized by officials and businessmen in the late Qing Dynasty.
Among the natural specimens, there are sub-fossils of baleen whales and modern whale bones, as well as Qidong meteorites, local rare birds and insects.