Introduction to the Capital Museum (please bring pictures!)

[Edit this paragraph] Introduction to the Capital Museum

The old Capital Museum located in the Confucius Temple is a large comprehensive museum in Beijing and a provincial and municipal comprehensive museum in China. The Capital Museum began preparations in 1953 and was officially opened to the public in October 1981. The museum was located in the Confucius Temple on Guozijian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. The Confucius Temple covers an area of ??22,000 square meters. It was founded in the sixth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty (1302 AD). It has been repaired from generation to generation and the three courtyards are well preserved. The main buildings include Xianshi Gate, Dacheng Gate, Dacheng Hall, Chongsheng Temple, etc. The forest of steles inscribed by Jinshi scholars in the Ming and Qing dynasties is the only one in the country. The verandahs on both sides are used as exhibition halls, covering an area of ??more than 2,000 square meters, and the environment is elegant and quiet.

In order to accommodate more collections and serve more visitors. In 1999, as a key cultural construction project during Beijing's "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, the application for the construction of a new Capital Museum was approved by the Beijing Municipal Government in 1999, and the foundation stone was officially laid in December 2001. The new Capital Museum was officially opened on May 18, 2006. It is located on the west extension of Chang'an Street, the first street in China, and is located on the west side of Baiyun Road in Xicheng District (No. 16 Fuxingmenwai Street). The new building of the Capital Museum is a modern comprehensive museum with the most advanced facilities. The exhibition displays in the new museum are based on the Capital Museum's historical collections and unearthed cultural relics in the Beijing area as basic materials, absorbing the latest research results in Beijing's history, cultural relics, archeology and related disciplines, and drawing on the successful experience of domestic and foreign museums to form a modern style with unique Beijing characteristics. Exhibition. With its grand architecture, rich exhibitions, advanced technology, and perfect functions, the Capital Museum has become a large-scale modern museum commensurate with Beijing’s status as a “famous historical and cultural city”, “cultural center” and “international metropolis”, and has become one of the It ranks among the “domestic first-class and internationally advanced” museums.

The Capital Museum is a modern comprehensive museum with the most advanced facilities. It is a large-scale modern cultural facility invested and built by the Beijing Municipal Government for the 21st century. It is one of the landmark buildings of Beijing in the new century. Due to its outstanding contributions to the reform and development of cultural heritage protection, the Capital Museum was awarded the title of Advanced Collective in the National Cultural Relics System by the Ministry of Personnel and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage on May 24, 2007.

[Edit this paragraph] Exhibit display

Since its opening, the Capital Museum has held many well-received historical relics display exhibitions at home and abroad, such as: "Beijing Historical Relics Exhibition" , "Historical Exhibition of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty", "Old Beijing Spring Festival Folk Customs Exhibition", "Authenticity Identification Exhibition of Ceramics, Calligraphy and Paintings from Past Dynasties in the Museum", "Beijing History and Culture Exhibition" and hundreds more. Internal facilities: basic display, special exhibitions, temporary exhibitions, cultural relics warehouse, social education area, business and scientific research area, administrative office area, comprehensive service area and underground garage, etc. With its complete functions and advanced facilities, the new museum ranks among the internationally advanced and domestic first-class modern museums. Integrate cultural relic collection, exhibition, restoration, research, education and exchange.

In 2000, when the construction of the new Capital Museum was launched, the preparation of the exhibition outline began immediately; the exhibition outline was approved by many academic authorities from academic institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University, and the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences. The guidance strives to reflect the latest results that have been recognized by the academic community. The exhibition design strives to use new design concepts to break through the traditional and boring exhibition mode, make full use of modern exhibition technology and techniques, create different types of display atmospheres, and provide the audience with an experiential visiting experience, with formal affinity, Interesting and interactive, it is both elegant and popular.

Over the past decades, the Capital Museum has extensively collected various cultural relics, and its collection has reached 250,000 pieces, including: bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, stone carvings, coins, jade, seals, weaving and embroidery, The collection includes bamboo and wood ivory horns, Buddhist statues, stationery, folk handicrafts, etc. There are also many orphans and treasures that are well-known at home and abroad. The Capital Museum has a total of more than 83,000 cultural relics of various types, including 305 first-class items.

Most of the collections are cultural relics unearthed in Beijing after the founding of the People's Republic of China, from the Neolithic Age, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Treasures in the museum's collection include the Zhou Dynasty bronze "Tripod" unearthed from the Liuli River in the suburbs of Beijing. It is 62 centimeters tall and weighs 41.5 kilograms. There are 4 lines of 26-character inscriptions on the inner wall, which plays an important role in the study of Beijing's ancient history. In addition, there are "Bo Ju Ge", "Jasper Edition Thirteen Lines" and so on.

The Capital Museum has basic exhibitions, boutique exhibitions and temporary exhibitions.

The basic displays include "Ancient Capital Beijing·History and Culture", "Ancient Capital Beijing·Urban Construction", and "Old Things in the Capital - Old Beijing Folklore Exhibition". "Ancient Capital Beijing·History and Culture" and "Ancient Capital Beijing·Urban Construction" are the core of the Capital Museum's exhibitions. They express the magnificent Beijing culture and the development history of the capital that continues to improve and move towards glory. They have become a brand display for creating a first-class domestic museum. .

The exquisite displays include "Exhibition of Fine Ancient Porcelain Art", "Exhibition of Fine Bronze Art of Yandi", "Exhibition of Fine Ancient Calligraphy Art", "Exhibition of Fine Ancient Painting Art", and "Exhibition of Fine Ancient Jade Art" , "Ancient Buddhist Art Exhibition", "Study Collection Exhibition". These seven collections of high-quality exhibitions and "Old Events in the Capital—Old Beijing Folklore Exhibition" supplement and deepen Beijing's cultural display.

The above exhibition*** displays 5,622 cultural relics in the collection.

The temporary exhibition is a stage for studying and viewing the exchange relationship between Beijing culture and other regional cultures, and Chinese culture and world culture.

[Edit this paragraph] Design concept

Interior view of the Capital Museum The architectural design concept of the Capital Museum is "people-oriented, cultural relics-oriented, and serving society", emphasizing "the past and the future, The harmonious unity of history and modernity, art and nature." The design of the Capital Museum is derived from the concept that "museums are places that connect history, modernity and the future." It juxtaposes traditional materials with modern materials to express the depiction of history and the future. The tilted bronze body breaks through the wall, giving rise to the image of cultural relics being excavated; the large cantilevered roof undoubtedly alludes to the traditional Chinese eaves, and the suspended frame brick wall blurs the boundary between ancient city walls and modern curtain walls; the slope of the square is made of materials It is based on the high-platform construction method of the royal palace, setting off the magnificent structure. The simple rectangular plan harmonizes with Beijing's urban pattern, and the asymmetrical shape echoes the street corner space. Traditional materials such as bronze, wood, and masonry represent Beijing’s long history. Stainless steel ceilings, glass curtain walls and advanced construction technology reflect the modernity of New Beijing. The Sunshine Hall and Four Seasons Bamboo Garden introduce landscape space into the museum, and the outdoor sunken bamboo garden extends indoors, breaking the closed and dull feeling of traditional museum spaces and creating an open, warm, and bright cultural and leisure environment. The interlacing of time and space between the garden and the cultural relics exhibition hall shows the unique charm of oriental art.

[Edit this paragraph] Architectural style

The construction area of ??the new Capital Museum is 24,800 square meters, with a total construction area of ??63,390 square meters, two floors underground and five floors above ground. The northern part is designed Green Cultural Plaza, with a sunken bamboo courtyard designed in the east. The building (above the ground) is 152 meters long from east to west, about 66 meters wide from north to south, and the building height is 41 meters. The building shape is mainly composed of three parts: a rectangular enclosure structure, an oval facade and a metal roof. The interior of the building is divided into three independent buildings, namely: a rectangular exhibition hall, an oval special exhibition hall, and a strip-shaped office and scientific research building. The space between the three is the central hall and the indoor bamboo courtyard. The use of natural light, the simple Chinese-style archway, the sunken bamboo courtyard, and the gurgling water create an environment with both humanistic and natural sentiments for the audience.

The Capital Museum building itself is an architectural work of art that combines classical beauty and modern beauty. It has strong national characteristics and a distinct sense of modernity. The huge roof inherits the far-reaching eaves of traditional Chinese architecture; the long stone curtain wall symbolizes the ancient Chinese city wall; the slope of the square inherits the architectural style of ancient high platforms; the Qing Dynasty Danbi is inlaid on the ground outside the north door of the hall, and there are The archway of the Ming Dynasty reflects the characteristics of the central axis of the traditional Chinese architectural plane; the oval bronze pavilion slants out of the wall, symbolizing the emergence of ancient cultural relics.

The extensive use of bronze, wood and masonry shows its long history. The stone used for the floor of the north square and lobby is produced in the Fangshan area, which has supplied stone to the city of Beijing since ancient times; the exterior decoration of the square exhibition hall is made of elm, the most common material in Beijing; the exterior decoration of the oval exhibition hall is made of bronze and decorated with Patterns of bronze vessels from the Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed in Beijing. The steel structure roof, glass curtain wall, etc. show Beijing's powerful pace of the times. The tall space and transparent visual effects comply with the international fashion trend of contemporary architecture.

[Edit this paragraph] Architectural indicators and functions

The new Capital Museum is not only an important cultural facility, but also a cultural relic protection and cultural relic research center in Beijing for the public and young people. A base for spreading patriotism, history and scientific knowledge, it is also an important place for Beijing to hold ceremonial and celebration activities, and an ideal place for people to travel and relax. The architectural design attaches great importance to the specific functional requirements of the museum and strives to handle the relationship between each functional area in a clear, concise and logical way. The main functional areas are: exhibition area, social education area, comprehensive service area, business and scientific research area, underground parking garage, administrative office area, security area, collection storage area, and equipment area.

Environmental monitoring for the safety of cultural relics: The Capital Museum adopts an advanced and unique intelligent air-conditioning system with constant humidity and non-constant temperature to control the change in relative humidity in the cultural relics warehouse and exhibition hall within 2, which greatly ensures The storage of cultural relics is safe; at the same time, the temperature of the exhibition hall fluctuates to a certain extent with the natural temperature outside, achieving better comfort for people.

Etiquette and public activities: When a ceremonial event is held, the multimedia projection screen in the hall before the ceremony will show relevant slogans and background information. During the ceremony, there was even and clear sound throughout the hall. The hall is equipped with news photography power supply and publishing information terminal, which can automatically and jointly control relevant lighting, curtains, audio, projection and other equipment according to the progress of meetings and etiquette. The large screen in the outdoor square can simultaneously broadcast the live ceremony, and conduct live shooting and recording by itself. The corresponding multimedia CD will be available immediately within half an hour of the ceremony.

On-site service for visitors: Visiting guide systems are installed at each gate and lobby of the museum to allow the public to freely browse and inquire about the museum’s basic situation and visiting information. The ticket sales and verification system sells full-price and discounted tickets for the museum. It can automatically identify the authenticity and denomination of the tickets, and allows visitors to return to the museum even if they leave the museum temporarily on the same day.

Information services: Information technology digitizes historical audio and video data to establish an audio and video program database and on-demand system, which allows viewers to freely request and order the folk arts and music they want to listen to and watch through the computer screen or phone dialing. Opera program.

Multi-functional lecture hall: Through digital networks, radio stations, TV networks (wired/wireless) and live video broadcasts, data network interactive broadcasts, and post-production of electronic publications, the interaction between on-site meetings and online meetings is realized. combine. Internet users can participate in on-site academic discussions in real time by browsing the library's LAN, no matter where they are.

Central Ceremony Hall - an area of ??more than 2,000 square meters and a height of 34 meters. Its decoration has outstanding Chinese cultural characteristics and a strong modern flavor. It is an ideal place for holding ceremonial activities and large-scale cultural activities;

Exhibition Halls - Different types of exhibition halls are relatively independent, which not only facilitates visitors to visit selectively, shortens the visit route, but also facilitates security management. The wide exhibition hall area and sufficient height also provide ideal space for rich and diverse exhibition designs. The temporary exhibition hall of more than 3,000 square meters will provide a first-class display platform for domestic and international cultural and artistic exchanges. The intelligent temperature and humidity control system and security and fire protection system provide conditions for holding the most precious cultural relics exhibition.

Cultural relics warehouse - sufficient area, reasonable separation; advanced and complete security and fire protection facilities; equipped with a 10-ton hydraulic elevator, cultural relics transport vehicles can transport from the ground to the second-floor underground warehouse, currently unique to Chinese and foreign museums .

Multi-functional conference hall - equipped with the most advanced facilities in China such as multi-lingual simultaneous interpretation, digital movie playback, conference voting system, conference hall dedicated website, etc.

Digital screening room - an ultra-wide viewing angle curved screen that can play high-definition digital films. The resolution of this equipment is the highest at home and abroad; the first film currently is "Brilliant Beijing"; in the future, it will Produce stereoscopic digital movies.

[Edit this paragraph] Advanced technology

Collection, display and research are the three main tasks of the museum. The new museum of the First Expo has fully absorbed and adopted the advanced technology of museum construction in the world today. , reaching the domestic first-class level in these three aspects.

Intelligent project - the exhibition hall is equipped with an air-conditioning system that intelligently controls temperature and humidity to ensure that the space for visitors in the exhibition hall has a comfortable temperature and humidity, while the display cabinets maintain a temperature and humidity that is conducive to the protection of cultural relics; in the cultural relics warehouse It provides different temperatures and humidity according to the cultural relics storage area made of different materials. The museum's safety technology prevention system (including parking garage management and lighting control), fire monitoring and automatic fire extinguishing system (including emergency broadcast system), building automation system, and audio and lighting linkage control system are all fully intelligent; automatic fire extinguishing is also targeted at Cultural relics are easily damaged and afraid of water, so special designs have been made.

Digital museum construction - the Shobo digital construction project is an innovative project in the national cultural and museum circles:

(1) Digital technology methods to achieve a complete framework for museum information resource construction; collection management to achieve Digital management;

(2) The exhibition makes full use of digital technology as an auxiliary means, and sets up multi-screen projections, phantom imaging, virtual reality images, digital films and other multimedia display projects at necessary locations in the exhibition to strengthen the exhibition effect; breaking the boring and monotonous textbook style of previous exhibitions;

(3) Taking the lead in the country to establish a system based on various professional subsystems of the museum to serve all departments and audiences of the museum (including A comprehensive information platform for visitors outside the museum).

The Capital Museum’s digital professional subsystem includes 11 items including: cultural heritage information management system, multimedia display backend management system, and Capital Museum website.

Multimedia display - In exhibitions, multimedia display methods are widely used, such as multi-screen projection (used for the first time in the international museum field), phantom imaging, and digital movies to enhance the exhibition effect and deepen the information of physical exhibits. The communication completely breaks the boring and monotonous style of previous exhibitions of historical cultural relics.

Environmental protection and energy saving - using skin-type amorphous flexible solar power panels, it is the first museum and cultural venue in China to use solar power. The museum also uses energy-saving lamps, gel battery EPS emergency power supply; the decoration materials and exhibition cabinets and other exhibition supplies in the museum are green and environmentally friendly products that meet national standards.

Cultural Relics Restoration - Introduce a complete set of advanced cultural relics protection and restoration equipment, use high-tech means to comprehensively improve the level of cultural relics protection and restoration, and make the Capital Museum a center for cultural relics protection and restoration in northern China.

[Edit this paragraph] High-quality service

Based on advanced equipment and facilities, and based on the principle of humanized service concept;

Reception service—— It has multi-lingual service consultation, item lockers, public drinking fountains, rest seats, motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle parking lots, etc. We also prepare disabled elevators, wheelchairs, and disabled telephones for the disabled; we also prepare baby rooms, strollers, etc. for babies. It is also equipped with 6 touch screens for special groups of people.

Guide and explanation services - provide free multi-lingual guide maps and exhibition pamphlets in Chinese and English for the audience; provide multi-lingual guides and expert explanations; touch-screen computer inquiry, multi-lingual Intelligent audio tour guides and the first multi-lingual personal digital assistant (PDA) tour guide in the country.

The large screen in the Central Ceremony Hall - using the world's highest resolution full-color large screen, plays digital videos introducing the exhibition displays, temporary exhibitions and Beijing's historical attractions; using dual primary color large screens to Display exhibition and service information in text format.

Education and interactive services - the museum holds special lectures, children's theme activities, hands-on experience projects, interactive multimedia projects, etc. all year round.

Leisure business services - restaurants, cafes, tea rooms, souvenir shops, bookstores, ATMs, mailboxes, public phones and other facilities are open to the audience.

As a modern comprehensive museum, the Capital Museum will continue to make new contributions to enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the people, to carrying out foreign cultural exchanges, and to the socialist cultural construction of the capital Beijing.

[Edit this paragraph] Visiting information

Opening hours:

09:00-17:00 (ticket sales stop at 16:00, closed on Monday)

Ticket price:

Free admission. The general public is required to reserve free admission tickets in advance to visit the Capital Museum. Visitors without prior reservation will not be allowed to visit.

Traffic information

1. Subway: Line 1 Muxidi Station.

2. Bus lines:

No. 52, 114, 308, 337 Muxidi East Station

No. 37 Sanlihe East Road Nankou Station

26, 45, 114, 308, 319, 937, 937 branch, 937 branch 1-7, 937 special line, 937 Venus special line Baiyun Road Station