There are already 300 internet-famous places in Beijing that gain popularity among visitors. The Mid-Autum Festival and National Day holiday is around the corner, and we will recommend some of the places.
Today, we will walk you through museums and exhibitions in Beijing. You can visit them with your families and friends during the holiday.
Capital Museum
The Capital Museum building itself is a work of architectural art integrating classical and modern beauty. The exhibition mainly displays the collections of the Capital Museum over the years and the relics found in Beijing. It absorbs the latest research results of Beijing's history, cultural relics, archaeology, and related disciplines, and draws on the successful experience of museums at home and abroad to form a modernized exhibition with unique characteristics of Beijing.
Special Exhibition to celebrate the 870th anniversary of Beijing being named the Chinese capital-- The Brilliant Central Axis Exhibition
The exhibition is divided into three parts: Magnificent Central Axis, Cultural Central Axis, and Eternal Central Axis. 53 groups (pieces) of cultural relics from 17 institutions, including the Palace Museum, Luoyang Museum, Anyang Museum, and Xi'an Museum, are used to prove the history of the ancient capital and to tell the story of the "Central Axis" of Beijing.
In addition, there are also old properties related to the Central Axis collected by the public, leading the viewers to travel through 700 years to see the changes of the Central Axis and feel the unique charm of the ancient capital.
Time: On display
Venue: Exhibition Hall B on the first floor of the Capital Museum
Tsinghua University Art Museum
Completed in 2016, the Tsinghua University Art Museum has a collection of 23,675 items, including painting and calligraphy, embroidery, ceramic, furniture, bronze ware, and comprehensive works of art. The majority of the collection comes from the collection of the Academy of Arts since 1956, as well as donations from alumni and public personages.
The Tsinghua University Art Museum presents exhibitions that combine the best of art to create an artistic atmosphere for the viewers, where you can feel the collision of culture and mind, and experience an immersive artistic journey.
Ode to the Way Home: Tie Yang Art Exhibition
Tie Yang is an artist cultivated by the new Chinese art education in the 1950s. He has dabbled in a wide range of art forms and materials, and his works are of high artistic value.
This exhibition shows Tie Yang's oil paintings, watercolor and gouache paintings, ink paintings, illustrations, and other artworks over the past 70 years of his career. Through the exhibition, viewers can see an excellent artist's subtle observation and love for his hometown land and daily life, the artist's in-depth exploration of art forms and languages, as well as his contributions and achievements in the fusion and innovation of Chinese and Western cultures and arts.
Time: September 10th, 2023 - December 10th, 2023
Venue: Tsinghua University Art Museum, 3rd Floor Gallery
Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
The Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) is a professional and internationalized modern art museum with the functions of academic research, exhibition display, collection restoration, and public education.
The museum is situated in a curved site, with a stone facade and a curved roof to form a shell shape, and a large area of glass curtains at the entrances and exits, which increases the transparency of the building and meets the need for light. The exterior walls of the museum are covered with grey-green rock panels, in harmony with the grey brick color of other buildings on the Central Academy of Fine Arts campus.
Where to Find the Trail - Man and Nature in the Collection of Ancient Paintings
The exhibition takes ancient people's wisdom and ideal of living with nature as its starting point and shows people's life that conforms to the four seasons, the natural ecology that is full of cultural thoughts, as well as the life that is full of love for nature.
It is worth mentioning that this exhibition links ancient painting and calligraphy with modern perspectives, connects ancient philosophical thinking with modern planning, and seeks out natural philosophy from the traces in the paintings, which may provide a new impetus for spreading the classical concept of nature and inheriting Chinese traditional culture.
Time: September 8th, 2023 - October 20th, 2023
Venue: Gallery A, 2F, Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
The Guardian Art Center
The Guardian Art Center is an art gallery on the east side of the Forbidden City. In addition to auctions, there are art exhibitions, bookstores, and art storage in the 50,000-square-meter art center to meet the viewers' various needs for art. The center has hosted more than 150 heavyweight art exhibitions and you can enjoy a "one-stop" art tour, so come to the Guardian Art Center!
Two excellent exhibitions at the Guardian Art Center
The exhibition of Yves Klein's works at the Guardian Art Center is part of the 17th Sino-French Cultural Spring Festival organized by the French Embassy in China. This exhibition is the first large-scale solo retrospective of Yves Klein in China. The exhibition presents a comprehensive display of Klein's most representative and important original works, reflecting the short but brilliant artistic life of Yves Klein from 1954 to 1962.
Time: July 6th, 2023 - October 3rd, 2023
Venue: B1 Floor, Guardian Art Center
"THE NEW WORLD - Zaha Hadid Architects Design Exhibition" is organized by Zaha Hadid Architects, showcasing highly creative architectural forms and forward-looking innovative systems, as well as providing visitors with the opportunity to perceive the spiritual power of Zaha Hadid Architects up close and in multiple dimensions. The futuristic exhibition site will give people an extraordinary visual impact and viewing experience.
Time: July 6th, 2023 - October 3rd, 2023
Venue: 1F, Guardian Art Center
Guardian Fine Art Asia 2023 is about to open
Guardian Fine Art Asia (GFAA 2023) will be held from October 31st to November 5th, 2023 at the Guardian Art Center. Let's be inspired, let's move towards beauty, and let's go to this unparalleled art date together!
Inside-out Art District
Outside of Beijing's West 5th Ring Road, there is the Inside-out Art District, which consists of theaters, cinemas, art museums, bookstores, etc. Although it is far away from the downtown area, the Inside-out Art District still attracts a lot of views and has become a new landmark for cultural activities in Beijing.
Stage Video Exhibition of High Art of Inside-Out Theater in October
As one of the important executing units of the Performing Arts Beijing section of the 11th Beijing People Beneficial Cultural Consumption Season, the Inside-Out Theater presents the Stage Video Exhibition of High Art in October. There will be three live plays from the National Theatre, focusing on the times and the destiny of the characters, and three classic operas as well as five dance works with unique styles and excitement from the Royal Opera House, so don't miss it if you are interested in it!
Note: Recently, the "Inside-Out Theater Ticketing Center" Mini Program has been upgraded, and the tickets for the recent projects have been temporarily transferred to the Weidian App, and the Mini Program is expected to be officially launched after the National Day holidays, so please look forward to it!
Time: October 14th, 2023-November 5th, 2023
Venue: Inside-Out Theater, Inside-out Art District, Xingshikou Road, Haidian District, Beijing
LiaoCang Immersive Digital Art Museum
LiaoCang Immersive Digital Art Museum venue specializes in new media digital art exhibitions and also has comprehensive cultural tourism experience businesses such as music bars, reading and leisure activities, and immersive interactive performances. With digital technology as the medium and traditional cultural content as the foundation, the LiaoCang Immersive Digital Art Museum is a good place for the public to participate in trendy art and experience fashion consumption.
LiaoCang Time Art Exhibition: The Story About Time
The collection on display in " The Story About Time " reaches more than 400 pieces, and the collection time spans nearly 200 years, displaying the classic pocket watches, wristwatches, and clocks produced by the world's top watch factories and independent watchmakers from 1830 to the present day.
The exhibition is mainly divided into the Swiss pocket watches section and the domestic watches section, covering classic watches and clocks produced by top overseas watch brands such as Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin as well as domestic watch factories in Beijing and Shanghai, showing the memories of the times in the past two centuries.
Time: On display
Venue: LiaoCang Immersive Digital Art Museum, Shougang Park, Shijingshan District, Beijing
The Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture
The Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture is China's first national museum themed on gardens, covering an area of 65,000 square meters, known as the "living" museum. The museum collects pottery, porcelain, woodware, ancient books, and other 16 types of collections, which span a wide range of ages, so it is a complete display of the development of Chinese gardens.
"Sichuan Style Bonsai Art" exhibition
The "Sichuan Style Bonsai Art" exhibition opens to the public on September 12th in the exterior public space of the "Pian Shi Shan Fang" site in The Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture.
The exhibition includes 40 classic bonsai works by contemporary national bonsai masters and young bonsai artists. Meanwhile, 30 pieces (sets) of purple sand pots from the Qing Dynasty to contemporary times from the collection of The Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture will also meet with the visitors in this exhibition, showing the history, culture, and artistic characteristics of Sichuan style bonsai.
Time: On display
Venue: The Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture, the exterior public space of the "Pian Shi Shan Fang" site
The Red Brick Art Museum
The Red Brick Art Museum is famous for its unique red brick construction and it also uses green bricks to create a garden-style art museum with a landscaped courtyard. The museum includes nine exhibition spaces, two public recreation spaces, and one art derivatives space, and is equipped with supporting facilities such as a multi-function hall, children's activity room, and artist residency studios.
Heidi Bucher: Beyond the Skins
"Heidi Bucher: Beyond the Skins" is now on display at the Red Brick Art Museum. As the artist's first solo exhibition in China, the exhibition presents more than 100 important works from Heidi Bucher's career, including rediscovered and restored video footage, early drawings and paintings on paper, abstract silk collages, wearable sculptures in Los Angeles, "Skinning" series of architecture and the human body during the height of the artist's creative period, and her late work on Lanzarote Island. These transformative works reflect Bucher's exploration of human psychology and spatial connections.
Time: August 5th, 2023 - October 8th, 2023
Venue: Red Brick Art Museum, Cuigezhuang Town, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Beijing One Art Museum
Beijing One Art Museum is located in Zhongguancun No.1, Haidian District, the core of Zhongguancun Science City. It is a new cultural landmark of Haidian District. The museum covers about 4,000 square meters. The first and second floors are public exhibition halls, and the third floor is a seminar office area. It gathers departments including exhibition, collection, theoretical research, art publishing, product development and public art education, forming a professional and systematic art museum.
Object-Making and the Return of Things: The Artistic Journey of Bai Ming
This exhibition is divided into four exhibition halls, showing 96 representative works (groups) of artist Bai Ming. The exhibition aims to lead the audience to experience Bai Ming's deep insight into the nature of materials and his unworldly artistic realm. At the same time, it guides the audience to trace the roots of traditional Chinese culture and think about how traditional culture continues and innovates in the context of contemporary art.
Exhibition time: June 13, 2023 - October 15, 2023
Venue: D4, No. 1 Zhongguancun, Beiqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Beijing Auto Museum
Free from traditional ways of display, the Beijing Auto Museum provides the audience with diverse experiences, including visual, audio, touching, interactive and experience activities to explore multi-dimensional time and space. In these activities, you can feel the charm of the combination of technology with culture, art, and life.
Activity of 2023 National Science Popularization Day
From September 16 to 24, activities of 2023 National Science Popularization Day were held in Shougang Park, Shijingshan District, Beijing. The Beijing Auto Museum will also participate with auto science popularization themes, interactive exhibition activities, and stamp displays. Let's go on a journey of science and autos!
Time: September 22, 2023
Location: No.11 Hall, Shougang Park, Beijing
