Beijing Grand Canal Museum (Capital Museum East Branch) is located in the northwest of Central Green Forest Park, the sub-center of Beijing, adjacent to the Sixth Ring-road Innovation-driven Development Axis. Construction officially started on October 28, 2019, and is closely connected with the adjacent Beijing Art Center and Beijing City Library. The museum has become a new important public cultural facility in the sub-center of Beijing.

The Beijing Grand Canal Museum will light up its "Ancient Sail" and officially open to the public at 14:30 on December 27. Four major types of exhibitions and four major activities have been launched one after another, and the audience is invited to board the "boat on the canal" to see the glory of the past and the present. At that time, the relationship between "capital" and "city" will be jointly interpreted by the museum from a historical and cultural perspective, and the exhibitions will display unique and perfect combinations.

Launch four major types of exhibitions

At the time of its opening, the Beijing Grand Canal Museum will focus on the close and complementary relationship between the Grand Canal and Beijing, with people, water, and city as the main content, display Beijing's urban development history and construction achievements from the perspective of human geography and ecological civilization, and launch a series of major exhibition. Guided by Beijing's urban master plan and closely aligned with Beijing's urban strategic positioning, it works with the Capital Museum to interpret the relationship between "capital" and "city" from a historical and cultural perspective. The exhibition system consists of four major types: basic display, special exhibition, temporary exhibition, and open display.

The Beijing Grand Canal Museum will launch: the basic exhibition "Exhibition of the History and Culture of Beijing and the Grand Canal"; the thematic exhibitions "Beijing Grand Canal Picture Scroll" and "More than the Canal - Immersive Experience Exhibition"; temporary exhibitions "Excellent Exhibition of Flower and Bird Paintings from the Collection of Beijing Fine Art Academy" and "Image Exhibition of the Construction and Development of Beijing Sub-center"; open displays include "Stone Carving Garden Exhibition Area", "Museum Earthquake Science Exhibition", "Public Art Platform", etc.

Four major activities made wonderful appearances

The Beijing Grand Canal Museum will launch four major theme activities after its opening: "Sound of the Canal" folk art show, "Star of the Canal" creation-gathering activity, "Drama on the Canal" performing arts week, and "Date on the Canal" people-benefiting month.

As the museum opens to the public, social education activities with five major themes, including Grand Canal Culture, Heritage of Time-honored Brands, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Tongzhou Regional Culture, and National Unity, will also be launched one after another, mainly targeting children, parents, adults, and other audiences to popularize history and cultural knowledge, showing the historical features of Beijing.

Opening service

Beijing Grand Canal Museum will provide an extended opening service. After the opening day, the opening hours will be 10:00-20:00 every day, and it will be closed on Mondays. The following services will be provided:

1. Free and no-appointment service.

2. Free manual scheduled explanation service.

3. Convenient services such as public information desks, lockers, water dispensers, maternal and child rooms, and accessible elevators.

4. The five major cultural and creative spaces of Canal Scenery (cultural and creative space), Canal Bookstore (reading space), Wharf Chatting (cafe), Canal Restaurant (catering service), and Canal Shop (cultural and creative experience) currently provide eight categories of services, including souvenirs, hot Chinese meals and cold Western meals, and so on, and they are designed with themed post offices, cultural and creative shops, reading spaces, as well as sunken rest areas and audience rest and appreciation areas.

Directions to the museum

Beijing Grand Canal Museum is located in Building 5, No. 1, Lvxin Road, Tongzhou District, Beijing. Currently, the public can reach it via the following routes:

1. Public transportation routes

1. Take Metro Line 1, Batong Line, Tongzhou Beiyuan Station, leave Exit A (Northeast Exit), and transfer to No. 317 at Tongzhou Beiyuan Road Intersection South Bus Station to Shangmatou Road Station.

2. Leave Metro Line 6 from Exit B (Northeast Exit) of Beiyunhe West Station, and transfer to No. 317 at the South Bus Station of Beiyunhe West Station to Shangmatou Road Station.

3. Leave Suburban Railway Line S1 (Suburban Railway City Sub-Central Line) from Qiaozhuangdong Station, transfer to No. 317 at Jingdong Yunqiao Building Materials City Bus Station and go to Shangmatou Road Station.

2. Driving route

Navigate to the P12 parking lot of the Central Green Forest Park by driving, and the audience will follow the signs to guide them into the museum.

The large passenger bus can be navigated to bus route 317 Shangmatou Road Station to drop off passengers. Audiences will be directed to enter the venue according to the signs, and the vehicle can park at the P12 parking lot of the Central Green Forest Park.

Translator: BAI Jing

Editor: ZHOU Huilin