Tianjin Art Museum

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In a place that feels as though a steel structure reaching toward the sky cuts across the city's back alleys, the museum sits quietly at the end of a peaceful street in Tianjin. Under the dim lighting of the galleries, artifacts recording lives long past rest silently, having forgotten time itself. Carvings and documents embodying the beliefs of Puritan and Quaker settlers give today's visitors not merely an exhibition, but an occasion to reflect on a way of life. Walking from the streets of Tianjin toward this museum, one comes to feel that the philosophy of thrift from the past still influences life today.