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Capital Museum

1981 establishments in ChinaArt museums established in 1981Museums in BeijingNational first-grade museums of China
Capital Museum (20200821160736)
Capital Museum (20200821160736)

The Capital Museum (Chinese: 首都博物馆) is an art museum in Beijing, China. It opened in 1981 and moved into its present building in 2006, which houses a large collection of ancient porcelain, bronze, calligraphy, painting, jade, sculpture, and Buddhist statues from imperial China as well as other Asian cultures Part of the museum's collections were formerly housed in the Confucius Temple on Guozijian Road in Beijing.

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Capital Museum
Fuxingmen Outer Avenue, Xicheng District Yuetan (首都功能核心区)

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首都博物馆

Fuxingmen Outer Avenue 16
100032 Xicheng District, Yuetan (首都功能核心区)
Beijing, China
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