Typical Chinese museum, huge imposing looking building, most of which is taken up with front foyer and stairs. Actual display area not that big. Lots of objects well displayed however not that great on telling the story and history of Beijing and area.

The exhibition show Beijing history in interesting way with a lot of artifacts ,you could spend about 3 hours or even more here, one weakness I found that temprary exhibitions have no english described. Anyway I still recommend if you love to learn Beijing history....More

This museum provides one with a good appreciation of the Chinese cultural roots. Entrance is free, just show a valid identification. There are exhibits from ancient pre-historic to imperial dynasties to communism times and how all these changes impact the way people live. Halls dedicated...More

We visited on 3rd August during the school holidays. When we arrived at the gate 15 minutes before the opening, there were about 40 people including children already in a queue. They had escalators inside the museum, but there were only two small lifts for...More

This is an interesting museum, and from the exhibits it seems more focus on daily life inside Beijing rather than others. When I visited exhibiting halls closed, that's a disappointment. But on one floor, they show a life cycle for the daily life in Beijing,...More

The museum is worth a short visit if you want to get out of the heat or an unexpected thunder storm. It is very loud with hundreds of school groups. I got a free audio guide, but then found that there are no numbers in...More

The museum is fairly new and was obviously built to impress as a building rather than to be a well designed museum, 30% of the space is an admin area, 30 % is taken up by the cavernous foyer and access area, 15% is space...More