About 460,000 years ago, Beijing was merely a primitive settlement. Later it grew into a political center of Yan and Ji, two kingdoms in north China, then the capital of six feudal dynasties. Today, the capital of the People's Republic of China is an ever-expanding international cosmopolis.

As a city, Beijing has an uninterrupted history of over 3,000 years, which makes it unique in the world. The cultural antiques and historical artifacts bestowed by each era were passed down from one generation to another, turning the city into a huge museum itself. There are some 130 officially registered museums in Beijing, preserving 3.2 million artifacts in total.

Foreword

The National Museum of China

The Palace Museum

National Art Museum of China

Beijing Memorial Hall of the New Cultural Movement

Beijing Police Museum

Yonghegong Lama Temple

Confucius Temple and Imperial College

National Wax Museum of China

Poly Art Museum

Beijing Museum for the Exchange of Cultural Relics

Beijing Ancient Observatory

Lao She Memorial Hall

The Imperial City Art Museum

Former Residence of Mao Dun

Wen Tianxiang Memorial Hall

Wangfujing Palaeoanthropology Cultural Relics Museum

Beijing Museum of Tap Water

The Capital Museum

Geological Museum of China

China Palaeozoological Hall

Temple of Ancient Monarchs

Beijing Planetarium

National Arts and Crafts Museum

China Currency Museum

Kuaixue Hall Calligraphy Museum

The Exhibition Hall of China's Cultural Palace of Ethnic Groups

Beijing Exhibition Hall of Ancient Currencies

Former Residence of Guo Moruo

Former Residence of Soong thing Ling

Lu Xun Museum

Memorial Hall of Guo Shoujing

Mei Lanfang Memorial Museum

Xu Beihong Museum

China Agricultural Museum

China Science and Technology Museum

Museum of China's Ethnic Groups

Beijing Museum of Aeronautic and Astronautic Models

China Sports Museum

China Railway Museum

National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature

China Film Museum

China Red Sandalwood Museum

The Art Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts

Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum

Jintai Art Museum

Yan-Huang Art Gallery

Beijing Folklore Museum

Guanfu Museum

Beijing Museum of Natural History

Museum of a Hundred Kinds of Crafts

Beijing Mumingtang Ancient Porcelain Museum

Beijing Museum of Ancient Architecture

Museum of Chinese Buddhist Books and Relics

Beijing Museum of Traditional Opera

China Stamp Museum

Songtangzhai Folk Carving Museum

Beijing Red Mansions Culture and Art Museum

Museum of Ancient Pottery Civilization

Xuan Nan Culture Museum

Former Residence of Ji Xiaolan

China People's Revolution Military Museum

The World Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument

The Ancient Bell Museum in the Big Bell Temple

Beijing Aviation Museum

Beijing Museum of Stone Carving Art

Museum of Ethnic Groups, Central University for Nationalities

Beijing Art Museum

Wenchang Gallery in the Summer Palace

China Museum of Telecommunications

Exhibition Center of Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park

Sackler Museum of Art and Archeology in Peking University

The Bee Museum of China

The Tomb of Li Dazhao

Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall

Display Hall of Quaternary Glacier Striations

Beijing Eunuch Cultural Museum

The Memorial Hall of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression

China Space Museum

Dabaotai Western Han Dynasty Tomb Museum

Wu Yunduo Memorial Hall

Lei Feng Memorial Hall

Memorial Hall for February 7th Strike in Changxindian

Beijing Liao and Jin City Wall Museum

Mentougou Museum

Museum of Peking Man Site of Zhoukoudian

Museum of the Yan Capital Site of the Western Zhou Dynasty

China Printing Museum

China Watermelon Museum

Beijing Nanhaizi Elk Park Museum

Dingling Tomb Museum

China Aviation Museum

China Tank Museum

Changping Museum

Shangzhai Cultural Exhibition Hall

Jiaozhuanghu Memorial Hall of a Tunnel Warfare Site

Museum of Chinese Militia Weaponry

Tongzhou Museum

Miyun Museum

The Great Wall Museum of China

The Exhibition Hall of Shanrong Culture