The Yongzhou Museum covers natural history, archaeological finds, and local cultural history across several floors of a modern building in the city centre. Admission is free. The permanent collection includes Neolithic and Bronze Age artifacts from excavations throughout the prefecture, ceramic pieces from successive dynasties, and a dedicated section on Nüshu script and culture that provides a useful introduction before visiting the Jiangyong Cultural Village.
The museum is well-organised and clearly labelled, though English explanations are limited to the main exhibits. It gives a solid account of why this stretch of the Xiang River corridor mattered historically — as a trade and communication route between the central plains and the Lingnan region of southern China — in a way that the Liuzi Temple, focused on one literary figure, cannot. A visit of an hour to ninety minutes covers the main collection thoroughly.