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National Natural History Museum of China

The National Natural History Museum of China, previously the Beijing Museum of Natural History, is a municipal public natural history museum in , , China.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: natural history museum in Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “Beijing Museum of Natural History”, “BMAM”, “BMNH”, “BMNHC”, “Central Museum of Natural History”, “CNHM”, “National Central Museum of Natural History”, “NHBM”, and “NNHM”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and Tianqiao acrobatic theatre.

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The Temple of Heaven is a complex of imperial religious Confucian buildings situated in the southeastern part of central . The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest. is situated 1 km east of National Natural History Museum of China.

Arts center
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is an arts center, which is situated 230 metres southwest of National Natural History Museum of China.

Metro station
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Tianqiao station is a station on Line 8 of the Beijing Subway. It was opened on December 30, 2018. is situated 170 metres southwest of National Natural History Museum of China.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chongwen and Xicheng.

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, formerly District, is an area in . Its main attraction is the Temple of Heaven.

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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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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.

National Natural History Museum of China

Latitude
39.8818° or 39° 52′ 55″ north
Longitude
116.39381° or 116° 23′ 38″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q846583
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“National Natural History Museum of China” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Història Natural de Beijing”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Història Natural de Pequín”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional d’Història Natural de la Xina”
  • Chinese: “北京自然博物館”
  • Chinese: “北京自然博物馆”
  • Chinese: “国家自然博物馆”
  • Chinese: “國家自然博物館”
  • Esperanto: “Pekina Muzeo de Natura Historio”
  • French: “Musée d’histoire naturelle de Pékin”
  • French: “musée d’histoire naturelle”
  • German: “BMNH”
  • German: “Naturhistorisches Museum Peking”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Sejarah Alam Beijing”
  • Japanese: “北京自然博物館”
  • Japanese: “国家自然博物館”
  • Tamil: “பெய்ஜிங் இயற்கை வரலாற்று அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Urdu: “بیجنگ میوزیم آف نیچرل ہسٹری”
  • “BMNHC”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 天桥人民广场 and Deyunshe.

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