Beijing Museum Exploration: Half Day National Museum of China with Subway Experience

Immerse yourself in 5000 years of civilization at the National Museum of China in Beijing. Explore its vast collection of over 1.4 million relics and experience the city’s efficient subway system with an expert guide.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • National Museum Of China - Your guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 8:30am/ 1:00pm, take the subway or taxi to National Museum of China.

In Ancient China Exhibition Hall you will see from the full of unsolved mysteries painted pottery jars to has the reputation of the first dragon “Jade dragon” in china, to 2000 years ago’s refrigerator, the groups of precious culture relics will brings you back to the brilliant glory of 5000 years ago’s Chinese civilization. With your insider guide explore plenty of exquisite displays such as: the hall treasure “Si Mu Wu Ding” unearthed in 1939 from He nan province ; the exquisite “Siyang Fangzun” with rolling horn sheep facing the four directions; the mysterious Sanxingdui site civilization and more, from 2 millions years ago prehistoric period to 1911 revolution relics.

  • National Museum Of China - Moreover, you will visit the Ancient Buddha Statue exhibition room, see plenty of buddha statues from different times, especially will see a beautiful painted wooden statue of Guan yin from Song Dynasty, which can comparable to the Mona Lisa with it’s exquisite image and peaceful smile on the face, it became the masterpiece from the domestic museums form china, you will see more as you like, such as food culture exhibition also.
What's Included
  • Professional English/ Spanish/ French speaking guide
  • Single way subway/ Taxi transfer
  • Hotel pickup
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities ( Recommended )
Additional Information

A visit to Beijing isn’t fulfilled without a tour of a museum and a ride on the Beijing subway. Led by your knowledgeable tour guide, allocate half a day to explore the National Museum of China. This museum showcases over 1.4 million artifacts, from prehistoric periods to modern history, including almost 6000 pieces of foremost cultural relics with significant historical, scientific, and artistic worth. ‘A stride across millennia’, listen to insightful narratives from your guide as you delve into the 5000 years that makeup civilization’s history.

  • National museum tickets need 7 days ahead book, if no tickets left, will changes to Capital museum instead.
Location
National Museum Of China
No.16 East Chang'an Street, Dongcheng District
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Kum
Jun 16, 2024
In-depth and friendly tour - Our guide Cathy picked us from our hotel to the Museum and gave us an elaborate tour of the National Museum. The museum was huge but her strategic selection of the museum highlights and detailed explanations allow us to cover the main exhibits well. We asked to end the tour at the museum itself so that we could do the rest at our pace and leisure. Overall the tour was in-depth with a friendly atmosphere.
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140dineshc
Jun 15, 2024
National history museum - Lovely day of learning history from David. He pointed out the most significant artefacts, because there is just too many to go through. Also, they helped to book the tickets which are very difficult to get!
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Siewert_o
May 27, 2024
Had a great time. I... - Had a great time. I fondly look back at my time in China and this tour. The guide was very knowledgeable about Chinese history and contemporary China.
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Junfu_y
May 25, 2024
The tour was great, and... - The tour was great, and the guide was passionate. I would recommend it to my friends who travel to the national museum.
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Samuel_l
May 18, 2024
Friendly Tour Guide - This was a very good tour. Cathy was a knowledgeable and friendly guide, and showed off the highlights of the museum’s Permanent Exhibition on Chinese prehistory and history. We also visited the collection of Chinese jade afterwards, and again Cathy added useful context.
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Laura_m
May 5, 2024
Great experience with Diana - We had a great tour at the Chinese National Museum with Diana! She was knowledgeable, friendly, and spoke good English. She brought the exhibits to life with her insights and answered all our questions. Highly recommended! Cathy was also very helpful to coordinate the experience. It's a very vast museum, having a guide gave us better context and time management for this tour. It was also the only way we got to go to the museum on the days we wanted, otherwise the tickets were very difficult to get on our own.
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P2243jxrenataz
May 5, 2024
Worth getting a ticket through an agency, otherwise almost impossible. - I had a very good time with Diana (my tour guide) during my visit to the Museum. She was kind and helpful while trying to navigate such a big exposition. I would definitely recommend to book a tour with an agency if you want to visit the museum. For me, as a foreigner, it was almost impossible to get on my own. You need a WeChat account and/or a local phone number. So my recommendation is to avoid the hassle and book with the agency.
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Vacation565211
May 5, 2024
Great experience with Diana! - We had a great tour at the Chinese National Museum with Diana! She was knowledgeable, friendly, and spoke good English. She brought the exhibits to life with her insights and answered all our questions. Highly recommended! Cathy was also very helpful to coordinate the experience. It's a very vast museum, having a guide gave us better context and time management for this tour.
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Audrey_f
May 7, 2024
Very good experience - We booked this tour because the mini-sotes to book the tickets to the National Museum open 7days in advance only and everyone rushes to get tickets. On asite that's all in Chinese it proved to be quite tricky, se we decided to book via an agency. They themselves couldn't manage to get 4 tickets the day we wanted, but offered alternatives so me did the visit a few days later. The guide Michael was very knowledgeable and easy going. The museum has many rooms with various exhibitions and permanent collections, but really just the Ancient China collection and the building itself are totally worth the visit.
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Flyer39880898945
Jul 15, 2024
Terrible and horrible - Booked two months in advance, and then contacted me one night in advance to say: there are no more tickets, you can only cancel, they do not have any solution! Such irresponsibility completely changed my entire vacation! The very existence of such a company is meant to be a disappointment!
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