I took the subway line One to the National Museum of China, and got off the subway at Tian’anmen east station. I arrived at the National Museum of China after five minutes. There were so many people that it took me about five minutes to...More

Back again to view new exhibitions and go through some of my favourites. Although entry to the museum is free, sometimes one has to pay a fee to enter special exhibition areas. This time, I had to pay 30 rmb to view the exhibits in...More

The entrance is free, Is not a Louvre, is not a Hermitage, for a country like China I expect more, they have more than 2000 thousand of Chinese history that means the National Museum could be bigger. I found the special exhibition for the China’s...More

While this is a spectacular museum in scale and prominence, the two most striking areas for us were the section on the Post Mao economic transformation of China with key areas put together expertly. A big and very pleasant surprise was the spectacular African Art...More

To me the best part was the collection of all of the gifts that other countries gave to Chinese leaders. The first floor is mostly stuff about how China has progressed in the last 70 or so years. In the upper levels there are some...More

This massive building, long ago the Museum Of The Revolution, sits on Tiananmen Square across from the Great Hall of the People. It is fully modernized with a fine and well-organized collection of arts through the Millennia. We enjoyed the special exhibit on 40 Years...More

The very first thought I stepped into this place is that, this place shouldn't be called a MUSEUM!. What's on display are images and videos about China's development and progress. There's no antiques or artifacts on display at all! Wasted my time queuing up for...More