Military Museum of the Chinese People Revolution

Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution narrates China's turbulent modern history, celebrates the achievements of the People's Liberation Army and projects a vision of national strength and technological advancement.

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ID : 206
City : beijing
English name : Military Museum
Chinese name : 北京军事博物馆
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Level : easy
Kids : suggested
Elders: suggested
Best season : All seasons
Visiting length : 3-4 hours
Distance to city center : 7 km

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Introduction

- As China's only, largest and comprehensive institution dedicated exclusively to military history, this majestic museum was opened to the public in 1960 on Army Day (August 1) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). The building of the Military Museum was ranked among the top ten landmarks of the People's Republic of China.

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Address in English : No. 9 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Address in Chinese : 北京市海淀区复兴路9号
Tel : 86-10-66866244
Post code : 100038
Ticket time : 9:00-16:00
Open time : 9:00-17:00
Closing time : Every Monday (except public holidays)
Location : Military Museum is around 7 km to downtown beijing

Transportation

- Public bus: 1, 21, 32, 68, 205, 308, 320, 337, 617, 728, 802, 827, Special Line 5 and 6
- Subway: Take Subway Line 1 or 9 and get off at Jushi Bowuguan Station.
Private car is the best method to visit Military Museum with local tour operator.

Admission

high season : 0 RMB/person.
shoulder season : 0 RMB/person.
low season : 0 RMB/person.

History

Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution was constructed in 1958 as gift of the celebration of the Tenth National Day Anniversary (1959).
Premier Zhou Enlai earmarked substantial sums for the construction of the emblem: The birth and growth of the Military Museum demonstrated the devoted concern and deep love of proletarian revolutionary leaders of generations past.
Marshal Chen Yi went to the Museum with his own brush and wrote out the titles for the subsidiary halls. Premier Zhou, along with Marshals Zhu De and Peng Dehuai contributed their own first-class red-star badges. Marshal Nie Rongzhen provided his pistol and photos. Marshals Chen Yi and Ye Jianying donated their collections of treasured photographs to the Museum. Marshal He Long instructed troops to search for surviving cannons, only one left, that was taken to northern Shanxi Province during the Long March (1934-1936). With such support, the Military Museum has come to house over 140,000 military relics dating from times ancient and modern to contemporary, along with special relics from the Chinese people's revolutionary war and a few military artworks.
At the beginning of July 2010, under the approval of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission, the Military Museum would commence the renovation at the end of 2011. As part of the plans to make the Military Museum a world class museum, the new museum will be expanded from its present size of 60,000 sq meters to 148,000 sq meters. There will also be significant improvements in the display system, social and educational service, and the technologies used in the preservation and utilization of relics.

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Architecture

Military Museum covers 93,700 square meters, with a total built up area of 136,000 square meters, including an exhibition area of over 40,000 sq m. The Military Museum's exhibition building has two wings of four stories each, and a 94.7m-tall main building of seven stories, topped with the Chinese People's Liberation Army's gilded emblem measuring 6 meters in diameter. Above the main gate hangs a giant bronze plaque with the gilded title of "Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution" written in the brush strokes of Chairman Mao Zedong. On the two sides of the front gate stand two white marble sculptures: one is a group of soldiers from the land, navy and air forces; and the other is a group of Chinese citizen soldiers.

Main Exhibition Halls

The Hall of Ancient Wars
The Hall of Modern Wars
The Hall of the Agrarian Revolutionary War (1927-1937)
The Hall of the War to Resist Japanese Aggression (1937-1945)
The Hall of the War of Liberation of China (1945-1949)
The Hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1951-1953)
The Hall of China's National Defense and Army Building Achievements of New China The Hall of Weapons
The Hall of Selected Military Artworks
The Hall of Friendly Exchanges between China's PLA and Foreign Militaries
The Hall of Sculpture of Chen Yunxian etc.
The Hall of Military Science and Technology

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Present condition

As of May 2011, the Military Museum had totally set up 11 exhibition halls. The Military Museum's collection assembles 5,000 years of China's invaluable military cultural heritage, presents a series of the glorious achievements of the People's Army for military revolution and showcases its tremendous deeds in defending the nation and building the army with the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
The basic functions of the Military Museum are as follows:
1. Collect, study, display the cultural relics, artifacts, documentation and information which reflect the military struggle history under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, achievements of People's Army, 5,000 years of the Chinese military history
2. Hold varieties of exhibitions on thematic events, current events and memorial events
3. Receptions of visitors at home and abroad
4. Organize the related academic research and artistic creation
5. Communicate with other museums at home and abroad

Notes

1. Visitors are required to go through a security check before entering the museum. The following items are prohibited from being taken into the museum:
(1) hazardous substances including those that are flammable, explosive, toxic or radioactive;
(2) guns, ammunition, and restricted knives such as daggers, triple-grooved or flick knives;
(3) prohibited articles such as illicit drugs and obscene materials;
(4) other articles that may endanger national interest or public security, or inconvenience other visitors.
2. With their entry passes, visitors may deposit their large packages and belongings at the checked-baggage office without any charge before entering the Museum. All bags have to be checked before depositing. Bags shall not include the following items: dangerous or toxic substances that are flammable, combustible or breakable. Please carry the following items with you: confidential materials, cash, watches, cameras, video cameras, gold, silver and jewelry. Visitors shall be responsible for any loss or damage of any these items if they are not checked out during depositing in checked-baggage office. Please account for your items at museum when you collect the bags.