As the first national privately-owned coastal defense museum, China Haitan Museum of Coastal Defense is situated at Haitan Ancient Town.

The museum is built in accordance with the national tertiary-level standard of its kind to show off the coastal defense culture of Pingtan which is the fifth largest island in China and the largest in Fujian province. Standing three-story-tall with an area of over 3,000 square meters, the museum houses an exhibition area, a diorama area, and a leisure lounge.

Divided into four sections, the central exhibition area of the museum displays an array of weapons for coastal defense, warship prototypes, portraits of historical figures, etc. A detailed chronicle accounts the historical development of Pingtan’s coastal defense.

A full-scale replicated warship dating back to theQing Dynasty (1644-1911) welcomes visitors at the center of the museum.