National Museum of China — Attraction in Beijing

the ticket is free but need to reserve at least 1 day in advance but it is difficult to snatch since it is very popular and free the ticket is released 7 days in advance at slightly past 5pm, I tried using a few apps for booking, so these is my personal opinion

1. using their mini app in WeChat, always stuck at the verification part, the "are you human" image did not load and cannot proceed,
2. using ctrip.com, is in Chinese
3. using trip.com at slightly pass 5pm Beijing time, u refresh ctrip.com or trip.com app, you should see they allow you to click on the reserve button, if u see "fully booked" then you are out of luck, although you can select the date and the reserve button is enabled, this will pop up a link to the WeChat app, see 1), when there is really available tickets, the reserve button is enabled without selecting date, u will select the date after you click the reserve go for the morning slot, and on that day, go in as early as possible, and I mean to go at 8:30 even though the opening hours is 9, that day I went, there is 2 queue, 1 to get into the area, not sure if it is like this every time or is due to some big shot coming, this queue is slow because is make shift and only 1-2 lane and is under the hot sun, then there is the queue to scan your passport to enter the museum, this is slightly shaded and fast, finally there is the queue to do bag check, this is in the museum with Aircon and is fast in the museum, go for basement 2, all the importance artifact is there and the only 1 that needs to queue, this is the worst, because everyone are taking their own time to take photo so if u willing to go early, you can avoid...

an amazing place, security outside was really lovely especially me being so confused looking like a proper tourist. one of the few major tourist attractions they accepted i can speak both chinese and english (completely mad i know) but is filled with an enormous amount of rich history about china great for an all day event as my chinese cousin had to rush home to fetch her chinese ID card in addition to having separate lines with nationals and foreigners only took a sec for me and my partner (the foreign nationals) to go through security the security guard shouted at me on accident and pushed me quite hard when telling me to turn around but quickly apologised which was nice haha but having to wait for my 90 yr old chinese grandad in the chinese nationals security line took ages for him to come through as they gave him a full security check which i thought was a bit strange.it is truly a lovely museum next only had 2 hours to spend and was only able to go through half of the underground portion cos of our little hiccup. will deffo be back next time fully prepared. would suggest if want to visit to clear a full day for this and make sure everyone has their passport or chinese ID card on them as they would not accept my cousins driving license or my grandad's alternate senior ID. highly recommend to anyone visiting beijing whether they are on a excursion or live in...

The National Museum of China is located at the east side of Tiananmen Square which was formerly called the Museum of Chinese History and Museum of Chinese Revolution. It is 313 meters long, 149 meters wide and 40 meters high, covering an area of 69,000 square meters. The building was one of the “Ten Great Constructions” completed for the 10th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China in 1959. After four years’ renovation and expansion, the new National Museum reopened on Apr. 1st, 2011 which is the largest museum in the world. There are altogether 48 exhibition rooms in the new National Museum, ranging from 700-2000 square meters. The rooms of Ancient China and Road to Rejuvenation are the main basic exhibitions. There are nearly 3,000 historic relics from Yuanmou Man (1,700,000 years ago) to the abdication of the Qing Emperor in 1912 on display in ten exhibition halls. The modern and contemporary revolutionary relics since the First Opium War in 1840 to the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 are also displayed in nine exhibition halls. There are also a variety of thematic exhibitions in the National Museum, such as the Arts of bronze, porcelain, jade, Chinese calligraphy and paintings, Buddhist statues, Ming and Qing furniture...