Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home Tour

Step inside a 200-year-old Chinese home in Salem to experience Chinese art, architecture and culture. For 200 years, Yin Yu Tang stood in the rural village of Huang Cun in a mountainous region of southeastern China. Home to eight generations of the Huang family, this house was dismantled, transported and re-erected at the Peabody Essex Museum in 2003 through a partnership between PEM and the governmental authorities of Huizhou, in Anhui Province. Yin Yu Tang’s journey constitutes a landmark collaboration between Chinese and American architects, artisans, conservators, engineers and museum experts. The home is presented as it was when the family last lived there in 1982. Plan Your Visit Exercise care Please help us preserve the house for future generations by refraining from touching objects and the structure itself. Non-flash photography and videography is permitted for personal use only. Tripods and selfie sticks are not allowed. Please walk with care and watch out for uneven stonework and raised thresholds. Store your belongings, but keep your coat Yin Yu Tang is partially outdoors and may be cool in fall and winter. Strollers, bags, backpacks and umbrellas are not permitted in the house. Please leave them at the coatroom or the cubbies by the Information desk. Our staff at the entrance of the house can look after strollers. Pick up your audio guide in advance Please pick up your complimentary audio guide, available in English and Mandarin, at the Information desk 10 minutes before your visit. Please note: Plan to bring your own pair of headphones. Before your visit, press #50 to listen to an introduction to the house. Once inside, look for stone blocks with two-digit numbers. Press the number plus the play &gt; button to hear the audio. Be prompt Please be at the doors to Yin Yu Tang five minutes before your scheduled visit with your audio guide in hand. A staff member will alert you shortly before the end of your time slot. This is a Weekly Recurring EventRuns from May 21, 2026 to Jun 29, 2026 and happens every: Mondays:11:15am - 4:15pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US &amp; Canada)Thursdays:11:15am - 4:15pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US &amp; Canada)Fridays:11:15am - 4:15pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US &amp; Canada)Saturdays:11:15am - 4:15pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US &amp; Canada)Sundays:11:15am - 4:15pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US &amp; Canada)

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