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      Self-Guided Tour

      Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home Tour

      Timed, self-guided audio tours available from 11:15 am–4:15 pm, Thursday–Monday.

      Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home

      Know Before You Go

      Included with admission.

      Advanced reservations required online or at the Admissions desk.

      If you arrive late, your visit will be shortened and entry is not guaranteed. Your ticket is valid only for the time indicated.

      The house offers limited wheelchair accessibility. Call 978-542-1644 for more information.

      The frequency and size of tours are limited to protect the historic structure and optimize visitor experience.

      Preservation Work

      Yin Yu Tang is currently undergoing work to preserve its roof tiles and masonry walls. During your visit, scaffolding may be present and work may be actively underway. Please note that the house may be intermittently closed to enable this important preservation work. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

      Learn more about the preservation project.

      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 > 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.


      Learn more about the house before your tour.

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