Museums are essential carriers to inherit culture and keep historic memory of nations, ethnic groups, areas and cities. Conveniently located subway stations of Beijing provide easy access to most museums, where visitors will be excited to find a wide variety of historic sites, scenic parks, shopping malls and theatres in the vicinity. With abundant varieties of works, these museums become the image and symbol of culture in Beijing.
Military Museum Station - Military Museum of Chinese People’s Revolutionary
As the only large comprehensive museum of military history, the Military Museum of Chinese People’s Revolutionary covers an area of over 80,000 square meters, a floor area of more than 60,000 square meters and a display area of above 40,000 square meters. The main building is 94.7 meters high with seven floors in the middle and four floors on both sides.
The museum has a collection of more than 340,000 items of cultural relics and objects, of which there are 1,793 pieces of first-class cultural relics, 250 pieces of large weapons and equipment, over 1,600 pieces of artwork, and 2,551 gifts from foreign military exchange. Major historical and cultural relics include the gilt bronze crossbow mechanism, the anchor of Ironclad Zhenyuan, Ye Ting’s sword, type 38 rifle and the first tank of PLA.
Ticket price: free
Opening hours: 8:30--17:30 (open till 17:00 in winter, close on Monday)
Address: No. 9 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 北京市海淀区复兴路9号
Muxidi Station - Beijing Capital Museum
Beijing Capital Museum, also called Capital Museum, locates at Confucian Temple in Beijing with collection, exhibition, research, archaeology, public education and cultural exchange in all and is a large-scale comprehensive museum in Beijing, which lists one of comprehensive museums of provincial and municipal level in China. The whole style is solemn. Locating near the Confucian Temple, its old museum has abundant history with completed architectural complex and inscriptions wrote by candidates in the highest imperial examinations of varied dynasty in ancient China.
Venues: Venue of Treasures of Thousands Years, Venue of Ancient Porcelains, Venue of Ancient Figures of Buddha, Venue of Ancient Bronze in Nation of Yang.
Opening: 9:00-17:00 (Non-Entry after 16:00; Close on Monday)
Ticket price: free, but a reservation is needed.
Reservation: via http://www.capitalmuseum.org.cn/capitalmuseum/englishwsyy/wsyy.jsp or call +86 (10) 63393339 (individuals), +86 (10) 63370458 (group)
Location: No. 16, Outer St. Fuxingmen, Xicheng District, Beijing 北京市西城区复兴门外大街16号
Tian'anmen East Station - The Palace Museum
As for tourist attractions in Beijing, the Palace Museum shall always be the first to pick. It was known as the Forbidden City, the imperial palace in both the Qing and Ming Dynasties, and the largest and best-preserved ancient imperial palace complex in the world, covering 720,000 square meters, including 9,000 rooms in wooden structures with yellow glazed tile roofs and green-white marble base decorated with resplendent paintings.
A tour here will impress you with not only its architectural art but also all the rare treasures displayed in there. The Palace Museum houses more than 1,800,000 ancient cultural relics of all kinds, mostly from the Qing palace, reflecting the whole history of ancient Chinese civilization, some of which are unique national treasures.
The one-way route trends from south to north, with a single entry of Wumen and two exits of Shenwumen and Donghuamen.
Key Attractions: Palace of Heavenly Purity, Superior Harmony Hall, Hall of Great Supremacy and Meridian Gate
Opening: 8:00-17:00 (Close on Monday)
Ticket price: 60 yuan (Apr. 1st - Oct. 31), 40 yuan (Nov. 1 - Mar. 31)
Buying tickets (reservation online): http://gugong.228.com.cn
Location: No. 4, Front St. Jingshan, Dongcheng District, Beijing 北京市东城区景山前街4号
Tian'anmen East Station - The National Museum of China
The National Museum of China, also called National Museum, is a comprehensive museum of collection, exhibition, research, archaeology, public education and cultural exchange. Stressing both history and art, it is a comprehensive museum with functions of collection, exhibition, research, archeology, public education and cultural communication directly under the China’s Ministry of Culture. With more than 1 million objects and 48 exhibition halls, it is the largest single building in the world with the richest collection of Chinese cultural relics and among the most popular museums in the world.
Opening time: 9:00-17:00 (Ticket Service Close at 15:00; Non-Entry at 16:00, Site-Clearing at 16:30 and Close at 17:00 ). Close on Monday and national holidays.
Ticket price: free
Location: No. 16, East Chang’an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing(East Side to Tian'anmen Square) 北京东城区东长安街16号天安门广场东侧
