The Zhejiang Museum is always committed to comprehensive scientific studies of its collection and to exhibitions and preservation of cultural relics. Characterized by a three-in-one combination of the old, the middle-aged and the young, it has 3 research fellows, 17 associate research fellows, and 30 other members. They are professional team with a good knowledge composition. They have scored great achievements in scientific studies.

　　The museum has set up the influential academic journal Dongfang Bowu《Cultural　Relics of the East 》and professional newspaper Zhebo Tiandi《The World of Zhejiang Museum》. It has also put out various books and albums about the museum's collection and achievements in museological research, such as 《A 70-Year Collection of Zhejiang Museum》, 《Zhejiang of 7000 Years》, 《The Charm of Celadon》, 《Wu Changshuo's Works Collected by Zhejiang Museum》, 《A Collection of Huang Binhong's Landscapes and Flower-and-Bird Paintings》 and 《Copybook of Zhongyi Hall》. In addition, it has held large-scale academic activities, including the symposium on Sha Menhai's calligraphy, the international symposium on Chen Mingyuan's pottery art, the symposium on Southern Song currency, and “Museum Curators' Forum--Towards the New Century”. It has won the national cultural relic prize of scientific and technological advancement for its research projects “On Outdoor Freezing Dehydration of Hemudu Water-saturated Relics” and “On Long-acting Moldproof and Mothproof Mounting Binder”.

　　As a “cultural ambasador”, the Zhejiang Museum has been working to promote international exchanges and cooperation. In the 1980's, it held the Zhejiang Historical Relics Exhibition in West Germany. The 1990's witnessed more exhibitions overseas, including 《China Zhejiang Cultural Relics and Treasures Exhibition》in Shizuoka in 1990, 《China Zhejiang Cultural Relics Exhibition》in Tochigi in 1992, 《Asian Civilization Exchange Exhibition》 in Fukuoka, and 《Zhejiang Ancient Celadon Exhibition》in Hongkong in 1993 respectively, 《Special Exhibition of China Zhejiang Cultural Relics》in Fukui in 1997, and 《Zhejiang Ming and Qing Artists' Works Exhibition》in Singapore in 1998. These exhibitions both brought international fame to the Zhejiang Museum and Promoted and enhanced traditional Chinese culture worldwide.