Admission Ticket for Hangzhou Gray Museum

Engage in deep introspection and convey understanding and empathy.
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Gray Museum (Hangzhou Jiefbai A Block Store)
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  • 【A Place for Heartfelt Resonance】 The exhibits here come from the true stories of people facing emotional difficulties. Graffiti and broken umbrellas silently recount fatigue and resilience, allowing each visitor to feel the warmth of “being seen.”
  • 【Healing Space】 The museum doesn't sensationalize, but rather offers an embrace of understanding, encouraging tired people to shed their disguise and convey the healing power of “you are not alone.”
  • 【Unique Cultural Experience】 With gray emotions as the theme, the immersive exhibition guides visitors to face their inner selves, becoming a rare spiritual refuge in the city.

What to expect

  • The Hangzhou Gray Museum is an art exhibition themed around mental health, showcasing the inner worlds of patients with mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety through immersive scenes and installation art, aiming to convey understanding and resonance.
  • In Hangzhou, a city famous for its lakes and mountains, the Gray Museum is like a silent lighthouse, providing urbanites with a unique space to examine their inner world. This museum does not display cultural relics or trace history, but uses art installations as a carrier to directly address the hidden corners of the modern spiritual world.
  • Stepping into the exhibition hall, swirling flocks of black birds and scattered prescription slips create a visual impact. Hand shadows struggling on the wall and human figure installations bound by ropes silently tell the truth about emotional distress. The densely written "I'm fine" wallpaper, with trembling handwriting, exposes the fragility behind the forced support. This design allows the audience to complete self-dialogue through gaze. The museum's narrative logic rejects sensationalism, instead triggering resonance through immersive scenes - when visitors stop in front of the installation intertwined with light and shadow, those tiredness, struggles, and pain hidden in daily life gain the dignity of being seen at this moment.
  • Its core value lies in creating "silent resonance". Different from the knowledge transfer of traditional museums, there is no healing guide here, but a kind of acceptance is conveyed through artistic language: acknowledging that vulnerability itself is strength. This concept sparked widespread discussion in the 2025 summer special exhibition, with audience feedback calling it "like a ray of light shining into a dark corner." The blank space deliberately maintained by the museum provides a container for individual thinking, making the visit an introspective journey.
  • Among the many history-themed museums in Hangzhou, the Gray Museum stands in stark contrast with its contemporaneity. It does not display Hangzhou's millennium-old context, but captures the city's spiritual pulse - when tourists walk past the pavilions and towers by the West Lake, they encounter another dimension of Hangzhou here: a Hangzhou about the spiritual landscape of modern people. The existence of this museum reminds us that while pursuing external scenery, the exploration of the inner world is equally important.
Stepping into the exhibition hall, I was immediately enveloped by soft, tranquil lighting, as if I had entered another dimension belonging only to the soul.
Stepping into the exhibition hall, I was immediately enveloped by soft, tranquil lighting, as if I had entered another dimension belonging only to the soul.
Stepping into the exhibition hall, I was immediately enveloped by soft, tranquil lighting, as if I had entered another dimension belonging only to the soul.
Stepping into the exhibition hall, I was immediately enveloped by soft, tranquil lighting, as if I had entered another dimension belonging only to the soul.
In each scene, I saw a vortex of confusion and struggle, and also captured the glimmer of hope and the desire to be understood.
In each scene, I saw a vortex of confusion and struggle, and also captured the glimmer of hope and the desire to be understood.
In each scene, I saw a vortex of confusion and struggle, and also captured the glimmer of hope and the desire to be understood.
In each scene, I saw a vortex of confusion and struggle, and also captured the glimmer of hope and the desire to be understood.
is a soul-stirring, in-depth conversation.
is a soul-stirring, in-depth conversation.
Here, gray is not a symbol of monotony and dullness, but a color language with rich connotations.
Here, gray is not a symbol of monotony and dullness, but a color language with rich connotations.
The entire exhibition slowly unfolds around the theme of mental health, using diverse art forms such as painting, sculpture, and video to open a door for us to the spiritual world.
The entire exhibition slowly unfolds around the theme of mental health, using diverse art forms such as painting, sculpture, and video to open a door for us to the spiritual world.
The entire exhibition slowly unfolds around the theme of mental health, using diverse art forms such as painting, sculpture, and video to open a door for us to the spiritual world.
The entire exhibition slowly unfolds around the theme of mental health, using diverse art forms such as painting, sculpture, and video to open a door for us to the spiritual world.
This exhibition has long transcended mere art appreciation; it is more like a gentle outlet—allowing us to see, in the fast-paced life, that every emotion should be accepted and every struggle deserves to be understood.
This exhibition has long transcended mere art appreciation; it is more like a gentle outlet—allowing us to see, in the fast-paced life, that every emotion should be accepted and every struggle deserves to be understood.
This exhibition has long transcended mere art appreciation; it is more like a gentle outlet—allowing us to see, in the fast-paced life, that every emotion should be accepted and every struggle deserves to be understood.
This exhibition has long transcended mere art appreciation; it is more like a gentle outlet—allowing us to see, in the fast-paced life, that every emotion should be accepted and every struggle deserves to be understood.
Here, each exhibit is like a silent storyteller, using the medium of gray to tell the stories behind them.
Here, each exhibit is like a silent storyteller, using the medium of gray to tell the stories behind them.
While pursuing external landscapes, the exploration of the inner world is equally important.
While pursuing external landscapes, the exploration of the inner world is equally important.
While pursuing external landscapes, the exploration of the inner world is equally important.
While pursuing external landscapes, the exploration of the inner world is equally important.

Good to know

  • Please familiarize yourself with the theme of the exhibition in advance. Those with poor mental resilience are not recommended to visit.
  • Maintain respect, and avoid using sensationalism or labeling language.
  • Understand the issues with a learning mindset and avoid prejudice.
  • Please take care of your belongings. If anything is lost, you are responsible for it.

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