Atlas of China
Capital Museum 首都博物馆Shǒudū Bówùguǎn
4A scenic area · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Capital Museum
Beijing's municipal museum, founded in 1981 in the Confucius Temple and moved in 2006 to a large modern building on Chang'an Avenue designed by Cui Kai with Jean-Marie Duthilleul. Its galleries cover the history of Beijing alongside collections of porcelain, bronzes, jade, calligraphy, painting and Buddhist sculpture, much of it excavated in and around the city, and it hosts major touring exhibitions.
How to get to Capital Museum
On Fuxingmenwai Street (the western extension of Chang'an Avenue), about 10 minutes' walk east of Muxidi metro station; its eastern branch, the Beijing Grand Canal Museum, is in Tongzhou. Closed on Tuesdays.
Nearby
- Beihai Park 北海公园 under 10 km
A former imperial lake garden crowned by a white Tibetan-style stupa on its island - Tiananmen Square 天安门广场 under 10 km
A vast ceremonial square below Tian'anmen gate, where the national flag is raised at dawn - Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing - Qianmen Street and Dashilar 前门大街·大栅栏 under 10 km
A pedestrian avenue below Qianmen gate and a lane of shops trading since Qing times - National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆 under 10 km
Ancient bronzes, jades and porcelain in a vast museum beside Tian'anmen Square
Also within 20 km: White Cloud Temple 白云观 (under 10 km), Pagoda of Tianning Temple 天宁寺塔 (under 10 km), Temple of the Moon 月坛 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Li Dazhao 李大钊故居 (under 10 km), Yuyuantan Park 玉渊潭公园 (under 10 km), Holy Saviour's Cathedral 中华圣公会救主堂 (under 10 km).
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