Beijing capital Museum gives you the opportunity to explore the history and culture of Beijing. The exhibits collected in the Museum, show the modern image of the city, which pleases the people of the latest developments in architecture and urban planning.

The Museum was opened in the fall of 1981, but the current building was built just a few years ago, at the end of 2006. The building is an exhibition area with modern infrastructure. The entire complex covers an area of 600 square meters. The Museum has 5 floors above and 1 underground floor.

The original architecture of the building, unusual shape, bricked wall in the form of hinged frames, bronze, fused to the walls, a hinged roof and other beautiful elements show how great the merging of the past and present, history and present, of human labor with the beauty and harmony of nature.

The Museum has several hundred thousand of exhibits, among them is jade, stone, bone, bamboo and bronze. Also in special sections of the ceramics, coins and paintings, printing and embroidery, Buddha statues, calligraphy, stationery and elements of popular culture. Among these instances are very rare, very expensive and valuable items which received worldwide recognition.

Each hall of the Museum is responsible for its own theme. There is a hall with the culture and history of ancient Beijing, the hall, which shows the history and development stages of urban development, and a hall that showcases the customs and mores of the people of Beijing. The Museum also has 7 rooms that are ornaments of jade and bronze, made in the reign of the Imperial dynasty Yang. Also in these halls the exhibits of calligraphy, products from fine porcelain, paintings and relics of Buddhism. In addition, the Museum periodically open hall, which hosts temporary exhibitions.

All collected in the Museum exhibits on the history and culture of the city of Beijing covering 460 000 years from ancient times to modern days. In order to pass through the Museum and see all that takes a lot of hours.