Capital Museum

Capital Museum
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Established1981
LocationXicheng District, Beijing
Coordinates39°54′18″N 116°20′10″E / 39.905°N 116.336°E / 39.905; 116.336
TypeArt museum
Visitors1,722,998 (2016)[1]
Public transit access
Websitewww.capitalmuseum.org.cn

The Capital Museum (Chinese: 首都博物馆) is an art museum in Beijing, China. It opened in 1981 and moved into its present building in 2006, which houses a large collection of ancient porcelain, bronze, calligraphy, painting, jade, sculpture, and Buddhist statues from imperial China as well as other Asian cultures

Part of the museum's collections were formerly housed in the Confucius Temple on Guozijian Road in Beijing.

  1. ^ "2016年大事记". Capital Museum. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.