Capital Museum

The Capital Museum is a public municipal art museum in , 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…
  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of 48 metres (157 feet)
  • …is also known as “Shoudu Bowuguan”
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: museum in Xicheng, Beijing, China
  • Address: 复兴门外大街 16

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University and Muxidi.
Station is a station on Line 1 of the Beijing Subway. is situated 390 metres west of Capital Museum.
is a theater building, which is situated 460 metres northeast of Capital Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yuetan and Yangfangdian Subdistrict.
Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the western side of Xicheng District, , China.
Financial Street Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the center of Xicheng District, , China.

Capital Museum

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Latitude
39.90502° or 39° 54′ 18″ north
Longitude
116.33587° or 116° 20′ 9″ east
Open location code
8PFRW84P+28
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Capital Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف العاصمة بكين”
  • Belarusian: “Сталічны музэй”
  • Catalan: “Museu de la Capital”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی پایتەخت”
  • Chinese: “北京首都博物館”
  • Chinese: “首博”
  • Chinese: “首都博物館”
  • Chinese: “首都博物馆”
  • Chinese: “首都博物馆新馆”
  • Czech: “Muzeum hlavního města”
  • Dutch: “Capital Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف العاصمه بكين”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉefurba Muzeo”
  • French: “Capital Museum”
  • French: “musée de la capitale”
  • French: “Musée de la capitale”
  • German: “Hauptstadtmuseum”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Ibu Kota”
  • Italian: “Museo della capitale”
  • Japanese: “首都博物館”
  • Korean: “베이징 수도 박물관”
  • Korean: “수도 박물관”
  • Korean: “수도박물관”
  • Latin: “Museum Capitale”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hovedstadsmuseet i Beijing”
  • Norwegian: “Hovedstadsmuseet i Beijing”
  • Russian: “Столичный музей”
  • Serbian: “Capital Museum”
  • Serbian: “Главни Музеј”
  • Serbian: “首都博物馆”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Capital”
  • Telugu: “కాపిటల్ మ్యూజియం”
  • Ukrainian: “Столичний музей”
  • Urdu: “کیپٹل میوزیم”
  • Yue Chinese: “首都博物館”

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