Layout of Museum
The tomb is made up of 750 huge stones with colorful murals. The tomb is nearly 11 meters long and over 12 meters wide. The whole complex building won six architectural awards.It is divided in seven parts, with a front chamber, east and west wing rooms, the main coffin chamber, east and west side rooms, and a back storage chamber.
Taking the Western Han Nanyue King Tomb Museum as the center, the whole museum covers a total area of 14,000 meters, mainly used to display Nanyue King Tomb site and its relics. A comprehensive exhibition building stands at the east of the tomb, and the integrated display building at the north. The Integrated display building, the protected tomb areas and the main comprehensive exhibition building are connected with each other by cloister. Now there are ten exhibition halls in the museum. The Western Han Nanyue King Tomb Museum was designed based on the structure of tomb that is unearthed in 1983, serving as a protection and famous for its elegant appearance. The unearthed cultural relics of southern Yue Kingdom are displayed in the main building. You also have a chance to see the rare porcelain pillow donated by Yang's couple.

Items on Display in the Museum
More than 1,000 burial objects have been excavated in the tomb, of which many are rare treasures with the strong features of South Yue, including a chariot, gold and silver vessels, musical instruments, and human sacrifices were found (15 courtiers were buried alive with him to serve him in death). It is also among the only tombs of the early Western Han dynasty that has murals on its walls. There are also as many as 400 pieces of porcelain pillows in the museum, most of which were made in Song or Jin Dynasties.
Alongside Chinese artifacts, pieces from the steppes, and Iranian and Hellenistic Central Asian regions have been found.