The museum was initiated by pot collector and purple folk artisan, Mr.Xu Sihai and it is the first private museum approved by Shanghai Bureau of Cultural Relics.

• 该博物馆是由壶具收藏家，紫砂民间艺人许四海先生创办的，是经上海市文物管理委员会批准的上海市首家私人博物馆。