Know Before You Go
Planning your visit to Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese House

Yin Yu Tang, a 200-year-old Chinese house, was brought to America and reassembled at the Peabody Essex Museum.

• Please keep your coat with you
  Yin Yu Tang is outdoors and is cool in fall and winter. Backpacks and umbrellas are not permitted in the museum or in the house. Please check these belongings in the coat room. Strollers are not permitted in Yin Yu Tang; you may leave them with our staff at the entrance to the house. For wheelchair accessibility, please speak with a Guest Services representative.
• Pick up your audioguide in advance
  Free audioguides are available at the information desk and should be obtained prior to your ticket time. Before your visit, listen to No. 50 for an introduction to Yin Yu Tang. Once inside, look for bricks with engraved numbers. Press the number plus the green Play button to hear the audio.
• Consider visiting the Yin Yu Tang Gallery beforehand
  You may wish to tour the Yin Yu Tang Gallery, on the first floor of the museum, before visiting the house. Here you will learn more about the house and the family that built and occupied it over eight generations. Be sure to see the films about the making of Yin Yu Tang.
• Please be prompt
  Please be at the doors to Yin Yu Tang five minutes before your scheduled visit. Because we must limit the number of guests in the house at a given time, a staff member will alert you shortly before the end of your time slot. If you arrive late, your visit to Yin Yu Tang will be shortened and is not guaranteed.
• Exercise care
  Please watch your step, and help us preserve the house and its contents by not touching. Photography and videography of Yin Yu Tang are not permitted.
• Thank you! Please enjoy your visit!