The National Museum of China

The National Museum of China, a four- storied main building with two symmetrical wings, runs more than 300 meters north and south along the eastern side of Tian'anmen Square. The building was designed by the famous architecture of china. It was built in 1959 to mark the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic.

National Art Museum of China is located on Wu Si Street. It is a national level art museum focused on displaying, collecting and researching the works of the artists in China modern times. Chairman Mao Zedong wrote the name of the museum.

Its main construction is the modern constructions imitating the ancient attic style. Its top is decorated by the yellow glazed tiles. There are the corridors and pavilions around. It is filled with the distinctive nationality construction style. The museum can be divided to three levels as the upper, middle and lower level respectively.

The art museum has collected more than 60,000 fine arts works in the modern times and from the folks. Its varieties include excellent works with different time features and different art styles like Chinese paintings, canvases, prints and so on.

Hour: Mar.- June and Sept.- Oct., Mon.- Sun. 8:30- 4:30; July- Aug and Nov.- Feb., Mon.- Sun. 8:30- 4;

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Contact Information

The National Museum of China
16 East Chang’an Street, Dongcheng District
100006 Beijing, SHI

Tel. +861065132801

http://www.nmch.gov.cn