Also known as the National Museum, it began in 1912, the original Chinese History Museum and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution were merged to form a comprehensive museum that attaches equal importance to history and art, integrates collection, exhibition, research, archaeology and public education, and has the reputation of the ancestral hall and ancestral temple of Chinese culture

The National Museum of China, referred to as the National Museum, is located on the east side of Tiananmen Square in downtown Beijing, south of East Chang'an Avenue, and the Great Hall of the People from east to west. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China.

Founded in 1912, the National Museum of China has gone through more than 100 years of glorious history. Over the past 100 years, the National Museum of China has accumulated a profound historical and cultural heritage and has developed into a world-class museum. It records the footprints of the Chinese nation's civilization for more than 5,000 years, shows the glorious achievements of our great motherland's history, culture, art and social development, and is the spiritual home of the Chinese sons and daughters to inherit history and open up the future. At the same time, it is also an important window for dialogue between Chinese civilization and world civilization, and a magnificent palace to display the entire human civilization.

"The National Museum of China has always taken the inheritance and dissemination of Chinese culture as its own responsibility, and has made remarkable achievements in the collection and protection of important cultural relics, scientific research, exhibition and other aspects through the hard work of generations of employees, and has made outstanding contributions to promoting the development of China's cultural and museum undertakings, improving the spiritual and cultural literacy of the people, and building a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation."

The National Museum of China will always "adhere to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, take the centenary of its founding as a new starting point, emancipate the mind, forge ahead, further enrich the content of the collection, improve the level of scientific research, improve the way of exhibition, innovate the system and mechanism, optimize the quality of service, expand foreign exchanges, accelerate the pace of building a world-class museum, and better play the role of an important window to display Chinese civilization, an important base for cultivating the national spirit, and an important demonstration role in leading the scientific development of cultural and museum undertakings." ”

"It is the glorious mission of the National Museum to protect, inherit and display the excellent historical culture, revolutionary culture and advanced culture of contemporary China, continue the national bloodline and carry forward the national spirit."

The exhibition system of the National Museum of China consists of basic exhibitions, thematic exhibitions, international exchange exhibitions and temporary exhibitions. There are currently permanent exhibitions, the basic exhibitions: "Ancient China" and "The Road to Rejuvenation". Thematic exhibitions: "Leaders and People--Modern Classic Art Works in the Museum's Collection", "Friendly Exchanges, Historical Witnesses-Exhibition of Gifts Received by Party and State Leaders in Diplomatic Activities", "Ancient Chinese Bronze Art", "Ancient Chinese Buddha Statue Art", "Ancient Chinese Jade Art", "Ancient Chinese Numismatic Art", "Ancient Chinese Porcelain Art", "Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Art", "African Sculpture Art in the Museum's Collection", "Ming and Qing Furniture Art", "Architectural Design Exhibition of the National Museum of China", "National Museum Collection" Qianlong's Southern Tour Map" long scroll digital display" and so on. There are also international exchange exhibitions and temporary exhibitions that are constantly updated.

History

On July 9, 1912, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China Government decided to set up the Preparatory Office of the National History Museum, with Guozijian as the site.

In July 1918, the museum was relocated to the Duanmen and Wumen of the Forbidden City.

In November 1920, the National Museum of History was officially established.

In October 1926, the museum was officially opened.

In October 1949, it was renamed the National Beijing History Museum and was subordinate to the Ministry of Culture of the Central People's Government.

In March 1950, the Preparatory Office of the Central Museum of the Revolution was established. It was located in Beihai Tuancheng, and soon moved into the Wuying Hall of Xihua Gate of the Forbidden City.

In October 1958, a new museum was built on the east side of Tiananmen Square, and the project was completed in August 1959, becoming one of the top ten buildings for the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In October 1959, the "General History of China Exhibition" was publicly previewed.

In August 1960, the "Beijing History Museum" was renamed the "Chinese History Museum", and the "Central Revolution Museum" was renamed the "Chinese Revolution Museum".

In September 1969, the Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution merged to form the Museum of the History of the Chinese Revolution.

At the beginning of 1983, it was set up as the Chinese History Museum and the Chinese Revolution Museum.

In February 2003, the National Museum of China was formally established on the basis of the Chinese History Museum and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution.

In March 2007, the renovation and expansion project of the National Museum of China officially started.

In December 2010, the renovation and expansion project of the National Museum of China was completed.

In March 2011, the new National Museum of China was opened.

On July 9, 2012, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Museum of China was held at the National Museum Theater.