The best permanent collection is on the 4th floor, which features all the diplomatic gifts that was received since Chairman Mao’s time. If you are traveling with seniors or children, you can take the elevator to the different floors. There are very spacious seating areas...More

the museum has very few english translations which made it difficult for me as i dont know chinese . The exhibits were huge and wide but i couldnt understand most of them. The best thing it's free overall i wasted my time here.

Great collection and impressive building. It’s huge so didn’t end up feeling crowded inside even though there were lots of people. Try to get there a little before 9am. There will still be a line to get in but it moved fast for us. You...More

Was expecting a comprehensive Chinese history lesson but it appears the key focus is mainly on ancient China. The other historical exhibits are curated at other museums. Nonetheless, the items excavated was pretty impressive. It dates back to pre-historic times to Three Kingdom times. There...More

It was very crowded by the Chinese tourists because of the school holidays. In this very large museum, I wanted to see the jade exhibition. Inside each lift, there was a staff teaching the Chinese visitors to wait for the people to get off first...More

It locates next to the Tiananmen square and huge. The place is big and probably a must-seeing sight for a visit. The downside is still quite huge and packed with people.

The museum is huge but it’s easy to visit. You can see some artefacts of ancient China and also the modern China evolution.