Contents: visiting Beijing Police Museum or China Railway Museum and touring Qianmen Avenue
Beijing Police Museum
Founded on the former site of Beijing Branch of America’s Citibank, Beijing Police Museum was opened to the public in August 2001. Home to four exhibition halls, it boasts 7,000-plus collections including 1,500-odd ones on display.
Address: No. 36, Dongjiaomin Alley, Dongcheng District, Beijing City 北京市东城区东交民巷36号
Transportation: take bus No.8 or No.60 and get off at Zhengyilunankou Station or take bus No. 2, No.5, No.20, No.22, No.120 and No.120 Feeder and No.726 and get off at Qianmen Station; take bus No. 9, No.729, No.744, No.819 and No.859 and get off at Zhengyilu Station, or take Subway Line 1 and get off at Qianmen Station.
Tel.: 010-85225018
China Railway Museum
China Railway Museum, also known as the former Zhengyangmen East Railway Station of the Jingfeng Railway, is colloquially referred to as Qianmen East Railway Station. In August 2008, Qianmen East Railway Station was remodeled into China Railway Museum (Qianmen) and opened to the public officially.
Address: No. A2, Qianmen Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing City 北京市东城区前门大街甲2号
Transportation: take bus No.5, No.9, No.17, No.20, No.47, No.53 and No.59 or take Subway Line 2 and get off at Qianmen Station.
Tel.: 010-67051638
Qianmen Avenue
Qianmen Avenue is about 1,600 meters long from Qianmen Yueliangwan Hotel in the north to the road junction of Tiaoqiao Bridge in the south, and connects with Tianqiao South Street. Lined with time-honored brands, it is a famous high street of Beijing. In 2008, in order to welcome the Olympic Games, the government remodeled it into a high street to restore the features of the time at the turn of the 20th century. Since then, it has been the ultimate of the Old Beijing Culture.
Address: Qianmen Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing City 北京市东城区前门大街
Transportation: take bus No.2, No.5, No.8, No.9, No.17, No.20, No.22, No.48, No.59, No.66, No.67, No.69 and No.71, or Subway Line 2 and get off at Qianmen Station.
