ThePalaceMuseum,alsocalledForbiddenCity,islocatedintheveryheartofBeijing.ItisacomprehensiveChinesemuseumbuiltonthebasisoftheimperialcityofMingDynastyandtheQingDynastyanditscollections.Thevastholdingsofpaintings,calligraphy,ceramics,andantiquitiesoftheimperialcollectionsmakeitoneofthemostprestigiousmuseumsinChinaandtheworld.ItwaslistedasaUNESCOWorldHeritagesitein1987.IfyouvisitChina,makesureyougotothePalaceMuseumwhereyoucanlearnmoreChinesehistory.
TheNationalArtMuseumofChinaisanationalculturallandmarkafterthefoundingofNewChina.Itnowcollectsmorethan110,000piecesoffineartworksfromancienttimestothepresent.RepresentativeworksoffamousChineseartistsofvariousperiodsconstitutethesequenceofChineseartdevelopment.TheNationalArtMuseumofChinaisthehighesthallofChineseart,integratingexhibitions,collections,research,publiceducation,internationalexchanges,artrestoration,andculturalandcreativeindustries.
TheBeijingMuseumofNaturalHistoryisthefirstlarge-scalenaturalhistorymuseumbuiltbyNewChinaonitsown.TheBeijingMuseumofNaturalHistoryhasmorethan100,000piecesofculturalrelics,fossilsandspecimens.TheNatureMuseumhasfourbasicdisplaysandaWorldofDinosaurExpo.Thenumberoflarge-scalewholeancientmammalfossilsinthecollectionrankssecondintheworld.OneofthemorepreciousisthebonespecimenofthemoabirddonatedbythenationalmuseumofCanterbury,NewZealand,whichwasextinctin1885.
TheChinaRailwayMuseum,coveringanareaof1,000squaremetersandisanationalprofessionalrailwaymuseuminChina.ItspredecessorwastheMinistryofRailwaysScienceandTechnologyMuseum.Itwasestablishedin1978andrenamedtheChinaRailwayMuseumin2003.TheChinaRailwayMuseumhasthreepavilions:ZhengyangmenPavilion,DongjiaoPavilion,andZhanTianyouMemorialHall.The“No.0”steamlocomotiveisthemostprecioustreasureoftherailwaymuseum.ItwaspurchasedfromtheScottishLocomotiveFactoryin1882andistheoldestlocomotivecurrentlyinChina.
BeijingAutomobileMuseumisthefirstautomobilemuseuminChina.Ithasaconstructionareaofabout50,000squaremetersandisatrinityof“museum,scienceandtechnologymuseumandexhibitionhall”.Themuseumhasfunctionalexhibitionareassuchasautomobileexpo,themeexhibition,automobilescience,automobileentertainmentandacademicexchange.ItiscurrentlythelargestautomuseuminChinawiththerichestcollections,thehighesttechnologycontent,andthemostadvanceddisplaytechnology.