A museum themed on the Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, opened to the public on Wednesday in the eastern Chinese city of Yangzhou.

Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum, the first modern comprehensive canal-themed museum in China integrating cultural relic protection, scientific research exhibits and social education, opened at Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, on June 16.

As sunlight sparkles on the green water covered by duckweeds, tourists row across trees and appreciate the natural beauty in Luyanghu Wetland Park, Yangzhou, Jiangsu province.

In celebration of this year's International Museum Day, museums in Yangzhou, East China’s Jiangsu province, offered a variety of activities on May 18.

To share Chinese culture with the world and tell the stories of the Grand Canal, Yangzhou is holding a "Marco Polo Cup" essay competition.