Baigongfang is commonly known as the first workshop in Beijing. Covering an area of 42,000 square meters, it has nearly hundreds of categories of arts and more than 100 craft masters have set up their studios here. The museum is divided into core exhibition area, comprehensive exhibition area, electrochemical education area, academic exchange discussion area, identification area and comprehensive service area.

It is composed of 30 studios including Cloisonne Studio, Carved Lacquer Studio, Inside-Bottle Painting Studio, Pearl Studio and Clay Studio etc. It is now a place both for making palace arts and crasfts, but also producing common handicrafts popular in ordinary life.

In these handicraftsmen studios, you are able to experience the most famous “Eight Unique Skills of Yanjing”, the palace handicrafts including Engraved Lacquer, Ivory Carving, Cloisonne, Jade Sculpture, inlaid filigree, inlaid gold lacuqer, palace hand made carpets and palace embroidery. Besides, there are major studios making the ordinary Chinese including paper-cutting, glassware, dough figurine, clay figurine and more.

Ticket: Free

Add: B12, Guangming Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing

How to get there: Take Bus 116, 34, 35, 36, 41, 6, 60, 684, 707 to get there