Beijing not only rich with its historical buildings and heritage sites, but there also has located amount of large and modern museums. Head to these five museums then you will learn a lot about China history, culture, art and other interesting aspects of China that you never found out before.

China National Museum
Reflecting the History and Culture and the Development of Chinese Museums

China National Museum which located in the east part of Tiananmen Square was established in February 2003 by merging two separate museums, Museum of The Chinese Revolution and National Museum of Chinese History. After four year renovation and expansion, the new Beijing National Museum has become the largest modern museum in the world with first class facilities and capabilities.
The museum was built in order to enrich people's knowledge and understanding of history and culture as well as improving the development of Chinese museums. More than a dozen categories of display related to special exhibitions and international exchange exhibitions. It also surely displayed history from the ancient to the modern times of China.

Beijing Capital Museum
Has a Large Collection of Chinese Ancient Bronze and Calligraphy from Imperial Palace

Beijing Capital Museum houses a large collection of ancient porcelain, bronze, calligraphy, painting, jade, sculptures and Buddhist statues from imperial China. Ever since the establishment of Capital Museum, it held hundreds exhibitions in different types concerning the history, cultural relics, revolutionary history and folk custom, etc.
With complete and advanced equipments and facilities, Capital Museum Beijing provides an excellent service to the public. Moreover, the museum is also held different types of exhibition in Japan, America, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. It carried forward Chinese culture and expanded international communication and received deep concern by the foreign and domestic people.

National Art Museum of China
A Large Museum Colleting the Traditional Chinese Painting and Art Works

Located in Wusi Ave, Dongcheng District Beijing, National Art Museum of China or also called Meishuguan covers an area of over 18,000 square meters, and is divided into five floors. In total, there are 21 exhibition halls at the museum. The museum also has known as one of the largest national art museum in China.
More than 100,000 pieces art collections are housed in this large museum include traditional Chinese painting, sculpture, pottery, costume, oil painting etc. It was dedicated to the collection, research, and exhibition of modern and contemporary artistic works in China.

Beijing Natural History Museum
Most Popular History Museum in China

Beijing Natural History Museum was founded in 1951 and has the most popular natural history museum in China. It has covering a floor space of 24,000 square meters, with more than 8000 square meters for display. Owns more than 200,000 items in the collection, the museum has three main functions includes the specimen collection, the academic research and the science popularization of paleontology, zoology, botany and anthropology.

China Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
Largest Chinese Museum Collecting the Ancient Weapons

The museum covering a total area of 60,000 square meters and divided into four floors include ten exhibition halls, the largest is the Hall of Weapons where displayed both domestic and foreign weapons. After passing through the lobby, you will find the central exhibition hall, which contains over 500-odd photographs and more than 1,000 mementos of the Chinese revolution led by Mao Zedong over the course of half a century.

Bring your family to understand more about Chinese history, art, culture, tradition etc with visiting those recommended top Beijing museums above.