The Nüshu Cultural Museum in Jiangyong County is the primary repository and exhibition space for one of the world's most unusual literary traditions. The museum displays original manuscripts written in the women's script: letters, poems, folding fans, and embroidered cloth. Also on display are the "third day missives" — small sewn books given to brides on the third day after their wedding, containing expressions of grief at the parting and advice from sworn sisters. The contrast between the material objects (simple cloth and paper) and the weight of what they represent (centuries of covert female communication) is quietly extraordinary.
The museum opened in 2002, just two years before Yang Huanyi — the last fluent practitioner — died at the age of ninety-six. The exhibition documents her life and work alongside the historical material. Academic interest in Nüshu grew significantly from the 1980s onwards; the museum was a deliberate effort to preserve the tradition before its last living link disappeared. Admission is modest; the staff can sometimes connect visitors with local researchers who speak some English.