China
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Beijing

Capital Museum

The Capital Museum is an art museum in , . 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.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Xicheng, Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “Shoudu Bowuguan”
  • Address: 复兴门外大街 16
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University and Muxidi.

Hospital
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is situated 160 metres southwest of Capital Museum.

Metro station
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Station is a station on Line 1 of the Beijing Subway. The Line 16 station opened on December 31, 2022, and currently serves as an out-of-system interchange with Line 1. It will connect with Line 18 in the future. is situated 390 metres west of Capital Museum.

Theater building
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is a theater building, which is situated 460 metres northeast of Capital Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xicheng and Gulou.

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
District is a district in central . Visitors come here for the Houhai area to join the bar and restaurant cluster by the lake or to explore the remains of the wealthier part of historical Beijing nearby.

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is a part of Dongcheng District in , . The name "Gulou" translates to Drum Tower, which is one of the main attractions here. is considered the most charming area in Beijing.

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Dongcheng District is in . It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city. Most visitors to the city will come here to visit both Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace.

Capital Museum

Latitude
39.90502° or 39° 54′ 18″ north
Longitude
116.33587° or 116° 20′ 9″ east
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
Open location code
8PFRW84P+28
Open­Street­Map ID
way 136998797
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
8388192
Wiki­data ID
Q1189666
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Capital Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف العاصمة بكين”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Ukrainian: “Столичний музей”
  • Urdu: “کیپٹل میوزیم”
  • Yue Chinese: “首都博物館”

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