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Geological Museum of China

China's first geological museum is also the best of its kind in Asia. It has five permanent exhibition halls: the Paleobotancial Hall, the Gems Hall, and the Land and Resources Hall.The museum's collection is extremely rich, with 120,000 specimens. Its crowning glory is the world's largest quartz crystal (3.5 tons). Other eye-catching pieces such as the earliest hominid fossil in China-Yuanmou-Man tooth from Yunnan Province-are also on display.The Geological Museum of China is ... View Detail

Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall

Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, located in Qianmen Dongdajie, Chongwen District (East of the old Qianmen Railway Station), has been renovated on the basis of the existing building. The rebuilt exhibition hall has 4 floors in total and provides various ways to learn a lot about Beijing in a short time, featuring exhibition boards, light boxes, models, photographs, sculptures and 3D movies, all of which are designed to introduce Beijing's long history and display great achievements in urban ... View Detail

Palace of the Ming imperial wax

Ming Huang Wax Palace is one of the largest Wax Museums in the world. With advanced equipment in acoustics, optics and electronics, the palace offers visitors a chance to understand the 276-year history of the Ming Dynasty. The scene of the palace is imitating the important historical events of 16 emperors of Ming Dynasty. There are 26 dioramas and displays and 374 wax figures prepared from large slabs of wax.Address: Northwest of XiguanhuandaoAdmission: 40 yuanLocation: ChangpingOpening Hours: ... View Detail

China Red Sandalwood Museum

Located on the Chang'an Street, the Red Sandalwood Museum is a gift project for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It's the first and largest private museum in China specialized in collecting, researching and displaying red sandalwood works of art and connoisseurship of classical furniture, which fills a vacancy in the field of Chinese museum.China Red Sandalwood Museum itself can be ranked as a grand and perfect artwork. With an area of 5000 ... View Detail

Endangered Animal Center of Beijing

Beijing Endangered Animal Center is located in Yongding, Beijing, it covers an area of 120,000 square meters and a floor space of 42,000 square meters. It is the largest endangered Animal Center in China, and integrates sightseeing, scientific popularization and education, and recreation and their tomb. The center will take in wild animals seized in accordance with state protection laws, and provide medical attention, food and protection until further handover instructions are received from the ... View Detail

Jin City Wall Museum

The Beijing Liao & Jin City Wall Museum of is located in the Yulin community, Youanmenwai in Fengtai District. In 1990, the ruins of the 800-year old water gate of the Jin dynasty (1115-1235) central capital were discovered here. In 1995, the Beijing municipal government listed it as a Beijing key cultural heritage protection site and officially opened it to the public in April.The Beijing Liao & Jin (916-1234) City Wall Museum has a construction area of 2,500 square meters. The water ... View Detail

Zhou Yan Du Site Museum

Museum of Western Zhou Dynasty Yan Capital Site located in Dongjialin Village, Liulihe Town, Fangshan District, Beijing Museum of Western Zhou Dynasty Yan Capital Site is 40 kilometers from the center of Beijing, It is 2 kilometers from the entrance of Beijing--Shijiazhuang Highway. Covering an area of 3,000 square meters, it is a key historic site under national protection. It can be called the origin of Beijing City, and it is o­ne of the 100 archeological discoveries of China in the 20th ... View Detail

Museum of Ancient Chinese animals

China Ancient Animal Museum is one of Asia's largest ancient Zoological Museum. It is located in Xiannong Alter, Beijing, Museum of Chinese Ancient Architecture is a theme museum mainly for collecting, protecting, researching as well as showcasing the history, culture and techniques of ancient architectures. Trough photos, real objects and models, the history of the development of Chinese ancient architecture techniques are introduced vividly.Address: Dong Jing Road NO. 21, Xuanwu District, ... View Detail

Chinese Modern Literature

National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature at a cost of 150 million Yuan (US$18 million) is a three-storey building capturing the splendour of traditional Chinese architecture: red walls, latticed windows and sloping roofs. Unlike most Chinese ancient buildings, the museum is decorated with blue roofs and white window frames.) which gives a jolt of colour to the typically somber style of the city' s museums. Covering an area of 15, 000 square metres, the museum includes exhibition ... View Detail

Peking University

Peking University colloquially known in Chinese as Beida, was established in 1898. It is regarded as one of the best and the most selective universities in China. Peking University is the first formally established university, and the first national university of China. The university policy has mandated the use of Peking University in English rather than Beijing University[citation needed] due to tradition and the desire to avoid confusion with Beijing Normal University and other similarly ... View Detail