China National Film Museum - A museum that would take you at least four hours to visit

As the world’s largest professional film museum so far, China National Film Museum (CNFM) is a large-scale public cultural institution, national first-class museum, film culture expos for youth and so on. It was built to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chinese Cinema, to illustrate history of Chinese film, to demonstrate film technologies, to spread film culture and to conduct academic research exchanges.

Covering an area of 53 mu with building area of 38,000 square meters, CNFM was constructed in Dec. 29th, 2005 and opened to the public in Feb. 10th, 2007. The CNFM building was designed by U.S. RTKL International Inc. and Beijing Construction Design Institution jointly. The building uses black as its main color and is decorated with metal plates, giving it a sense of elegance and mystery. At night, with the brilliant night lights, the whole building looks more unique and charming.

In 1905, China created its first movie Ding Jun Shan (Conquering the Jun Mountain), since then, Chinese film has undergone more than a hundred years. CNFM sets 21 exhibition halls and the first 10 of them are located on the second and third floors, demonstrating the invention of film, the birth of Chinese film and its early development, Chinese film in different periods, animated films and so on.

Exhibition halls on the fourth floor focus on revealing secrets behind film-making and film-making techniques, including themes like film shooting, film sound recording, digital film special effects, film animation, special cinematography and so on. Visitors have a chance to try out dubbing and edit films, experiencing the fun of film-making process.

Besides exhibition halls, CNFM also provides various service areas including multifunctional halls, VIP halls, shops, drink bars, restaurants and so on. It is worth mentioning that there are six movie halls (including an IMAX GT hall) in CNFM, which can accommodate more than 1,000 audiences. With brand-new modern seating, lighting, spacious environment and high-end technologies, those movie halls provides audiences a more immersive and thrilling movie experience and becomes a must-go place for film lovers.