Beijing Capital Museum gives you the opportunity to discover the history and culture of Beijing. The exhibits collected in the museum, well show a modern image of the city that pleases the residents of the latest developments in architecture and urban planning.

The museum was opened in the autumn of 1981, but the current building was built just a few years ago, at the end of 2006. The building is an exhibition hall with modern infrastructure. The whole complex covers an area of ​​600 square meters. The museum has five floors above and one underground floor.

The original architecture of the building, the unusual shape, lined with brick wall in the form of hinged frames, bronze, fusing into the walls, mounted the roof and other beautiful elements of the show as a great fusion of the past with the present, the history and the present, human labor with the beauty and harmony of nature.

The museum has several hundred thousands of different items, among them there are jade, stone, bone, bamboo and bronze. Also in the special sections present pottery, coins, paintings, printing and embroidery, statues of Buddha, calligraphic works, writing and elements of popular culture. Among these instances is a very rare, very expensive and valuable items that have received worldwide recognition.

Each room of the museum is responsible for his subjects. There is a hall with the culture and history of the ancient Beijing room, which shows the history and stages of urban development, as well as the hall where customs and traditions are shown Beijingers. The museum also has 7 meeting rooms, which shows ornaments of jade and bronze, made during the reign of the imperial dynasty Yan. Also, in these halls feature exhibits of calligraphic art, articles of fine porcelain, paintings and relics of Buddhism. In addition, the museum periodically open rooms where temporary exhibitions.

All gathered in the museum exhibits on the history and culture of Beijing cover a period of 460 000 years, that is, from ancient times to modern days. In order to go through the museum and explore everything takes a lot of hours.