This large building opened in 2007. It was designed to both help in the development of the Chinese film and telecommunication industry as well as be an attraction for tourists to learn about Chinese films. The 20 exhibition rooms allow for conferences and meetings. The large IMAX theatre has a big dome screen that is 27 meters broad and 27 meters wide. It has 403 seats. There exciting huge film sare shown. The other four theatres are smaller. China’s best cinematic experts were chosen to help put together the exhibits and the museum’s themes, so if you want to learn about the Chinese film industry or Chinese films, this is the place to go in Beijing.

Overview

The China National Film Museum is currently the largest professional film museum in the world. The museum instructs about China’s film making history and its film industry. The museum explores the latest cinematic technology, promotes films, and hosts academic exchange seminars and research activities. In the museum, there are 4,300 photographs and documents or videos from 450 film industry pioneers. It was built in 2007 in part as a memorial to the 100 year history of film making in China, and the facilities are extensive.

The museum was designed by the American RTKL Company that was ranked as the best architectural design firm in the world in 2011 and by the Beijing Architectural Design Institute. To give the building a feeling of elegance and calm, the main colors used are black,white and grey. The 9.4 acres of space exhibits instructing on the invention of movies, early Chinese films, Chinese revolutionary war films, modern films,artistic movies, children’s films, science and education films and the Hong Kong and Macao film industries.

Features

The China National Film Museum is a new museum that opened in 2007. The big 38,000 square meter or 9.3 acre building has 20 exhibition halls including 5 theaters. There is a modern IMAX theatre. It is called the biggest national film museum in the world, and people there instruct on the history of the China film industry as well as research in to cinematic techniques.

Transportation

Address: 9 Nanying Road, Chaoyang District 北京市朝阳区南影路9号.

Bus: Take Bus No. 402, 418, 688,or 973.

Source: www.chinahighlights.com