Guide to the Capital Museum

The exhibition core of the museum shows the magnificent Beijing culture and the history of the development of the capital, which has been rising and moving towards glory, and has become a brand display for building a first-class museum in China. Next, let's take a look at the guide to the Capital Museum with me, hoping to help everyone!

Exhibition display

Since its opening, the Capital Museum has held many well-received exhibitions of historical relics at home and abroad, such as: Beijing Historical Relics Exhibition, Yuan Dynasty History Exhibition, Old Beijing Spring Festival Folk Exhibition, ceramics collection, calligraphy and painting authenticity identification exhibition, Beijing historical and cultural exhibition, etc. Interior: basic exhibition, special exhibition, temporary exhibition, cultural relics warehouse, social education area, business research area, administrative office area, comprehensive service area, underground garage, etc. With perfect functions and advanced facilities, the new museum ranks among the international advanced and domestic first-class modern museums. It integrates cultural relics collection, exhibition, restoration, research, education and communication.

In 2000, the construction of the new capital museum started, and the compilation of the exhibition outline began immediately; The outline of the exhibition has been guided by many academic authorities from China Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University Academy of Social Sciences and Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, and strives to reflect the latest achievements recognized by the academic circles. The exhibition design strives to break through the traditional boring exhibition mode with a brand-new design concept, make full use of modern exhibition technology and techniques, create different kinds of exhibition atmosphere, and give the audience an experiential visit experience, which has formal affinity, fun and interactivity, and appeals to both refined and popular tastes.

For decades, the Capital Museum has collected a large number of cultural relics, with a collection of 250,000 pieces, including bronzes, pottery, calligraphy and painting, stone carvings, coins, jade articles, seals, embroidery, horns of bamboo and wood, Buddha statues, stationery and folk handicrafts. There are also many orphans and treasures in the collection that are well-known at home and abroad. The Capital Museum has a total collection of more than 83,000 cultural relics, including 305 first-class ones. 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 Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Treasures in the collection, such as the bronze wares of the Zhou Dynasty unearthed in Liu Lihe, a suburb of Beijing? Tintin? Height 62 cm, weight 4 1.5 kg. There are 4 lines and 26 words on the inner wall, which is of great significance to the study of ancient history of Beijing. What else is there? Bo moment? ,? Jasper edition thirteen lines? Wait a minute.

There are basic exhibitions, fine exhibitions and temporary exhibitions in the Capital Museum.

1. The basic exhibition includes "Ancient Capital Beijing? Historical and cultural articles, ancient capital Beijing? Urban construction ","Beijing's past? Old Beijing folk custom exhibition. Ancient capital Beijing? Historical and cultural articles, ancient capital Beijing? Urban construction is the core of the exhibition of the Capital Museum, which shows the magnificent Beijing culture, the glorious history of rising and moving towards the development of the capital, and has become the brand display of building a first-class museum in China.

2. Exquisite exhibitions include ancient porcelain art exhibition, Yan Di bronze art exhibition, ancient calligraphy art exhibition, ancient painting art exhibition, ancient jade art exhibition, ancient Buddhism art exhibition and study art exhibition. These seven boutique exhibitions and "Beijing's old things?" The display of old Beijing folk customs is the supplement and deepening of Beijing cultural display.

The above exhibition * * * shows 5622 pieces of cultural relics in the collection.

3. The temporary exhibition is a stage to study and appreciate the relationship between Beijing culture and other cultures, China culture and world culture.

design concept

What is the architectural design concept of the Capital Museum? People-oriented, cultural relics-oriented, serving the society? , emphasize? The harmonious unity of the past and the future, history and modernity, art and nature? . The Capital Museum is a wonderful work of Cui Kai, a contemporary master of short stories. Its design comes from? Museums are places that connect history, modernity and the future? The concept of juxtaposition of traditional materials and modern materials expresses the description of history and future. The inclined bronze body comes out of the wall, giving birth to the image of cultural relics excavation; The overhanging roof undoubtedly alludes to the traditional eaves of China, while the suspended frame brick wall blurs the boundary between the ancient city wall and the modern curtain wall; The slope of the square is based on the technique of high-rise buildings in the palace, which sets off a magnificent giant structure. The concise rectangular plane is in harmony with the urban pattern of Beijing, and the asymmetrical shape echoes the corner space. Traditional materials such as bronze, wood and masonry represent the long history of Beijing. Stainless steel ceiling, glass curtain wall and advanced building technology show the modernization of new Beijing. The Four Seasons Bamboo Garden of Sunshine Pavilion introduces landscape space into the museum, and the outdoor sunken bamboo garden extends to the interior, which breaks the closed and dull feeling of traditional museum space and creates an open, warm and bright cultural and leisure environment. The garden and the exhibition hall of cultural relics are intertwined in time and space, showing the unique oriental artistic charm.

architectural style

The new Capital Museum covers an area of 24,800 square meters with a total construction area of 63,390 square meters. It has two floors underground and five floors above ground. Design a green cultural square in the north and a sunken bamboo garden in the east. The building (above ground) is152m long from east to west, 66m wide from north to south and 4 1 m high. The shape of the building is mainly composed of three parts: rectangular enclosure structure, oval facade and metal roof. The interior of the building is divided into three independent buildings, namely: rectangular exhibition hall, oval theme exhibition hall and strip office scientific research building. The space between them is the central hall and the indoor bamboo garden. The use of natural light, quaint Chinese archway, sinking bamboo courtyard and flowing water create an environment with both humanistic and natural sentiment for the audience.

The building of the Capital Museum itself is an architectural work of art integrating classical beauty and modern beauty, which has both strong national characteristics and a distinct sense of modernity. The huge roof inherits the far-reaching overhangs of traditional buildings in China; The long stone curtain wall symbolizes the ancient city wall of China; The slope of the square inherits the architectural style of the ancient high platform; On the ground outside the north gate of the hall, there is an Amin archway embedded, which embodies the characteristics of the central axis of China traditional architecture. The oval bronze exhibition hall leans out of the wall, which means that ancient cultural relics have broken ground. The extensive use of bronze, wood and masonry shows a long history. The stone used in the North Square and the lobby is produced in Fangshan area, and has been supplying stone for the construction of Beijing since ancient times. The exterior decoration of the square exhibition hall adopts the most common elm in Beijing; The exterior decoration of the oval exhibition hall is made of bronze, and is decorated with the Western Zhou bronzes unearthed in Beijing. Steel roof, glass curtain wall, etc. Showing Beijing's strong pace of the times, large space and transparent visual effects are in line with the international fashion trend of contemporary architecture.

Building structure

What is the architectural design concept of the new capital museum? People-oriented, cultural relics-oriented, serving the society? , emphasize? The harmonious unity of the past and the future, history and modernity, art and nature? . The design scheme of the Capital Museum was selected from 22 design schemes submitted by famous Chinese and foreign architectural design institutions in 16 after two rounds of international bidding. After the museum building was completed, it was well received by people from all walks of life at home and abroad. The new building covers an area of 24,800 square meters, with a total construction area of 63,390 square meters and a building height of 40 meters, with five floors above ground and two floors underground. Architecture itself is a masterpiece of architectural art, which combines classical beauty with modern beauty. It not only has strong national characteristics, but also presents a distinct sense of modernity. For example, the outward inclined bronze body broke through the wall, the cantilevered roof inherited the traditional eaves of China, and the blue-gray brick wall blurred the boundary between the ancient city wall and the modern curtain wall. The spacious square and lobby are also based on the high-rise buildings of the palace. On the central axis of the museum, the ground outside the hall is inlaid with single strokes of the Qing Dynasty, and there is a memorial arch of the Ming Dynasty in the hall, which embodies the characteristics of the traditional central axis of China. In terms of building materials, the extensive use of bronze, wood and masonry shows a long history; The steel roof and glass curtain wall also show Beijing's strong pace of the times, and the tall space and transparent visual effects are more in line with the international fashion trend of contemporary architecture.

The new Capital Museum has fully absorbed and adopted the advanced technology of the world museum construction, and installed an air conditioning system with intelligent temperature and humidity control in the exhibition hall to ensure that the audience's activity space in the exhibition hall is comfortable, and at the same time, the temperature and humidity conducive to the protection of cultural relics are maintained in the showcase; In the cultural relics warehouse, different temperatures and humidities are provided according to the cultural relics storage areas made of different materials.

The new capital museum is divided into three independent buildings, namely rectangular exhibition hall, oval theme exhibition hall and strip office and scientific research building. The space between them is the central hall and the indoor bamboo garden. The use of natural light, quaint Chinese archway, sinking bamboo courtyard and flowing water create an environment with both humanistic and natural sentiment for the audience. The exhibition of the new museum is based on the historical collection of the Capital Museum and the cultural relics unearthed in Beijing, absorbs the latest research results of Beijing's history, cultural relics, archaeology and related disciplines, and draws on the successful experience of museums at home and abroad to form a modern exhibition with unique Beijing characteristics.

Exhibition hall of new museum

The exhibition of the New Capital Museum consists of basic exhibitions, fine exhibitions and temporary exhibitions, with 5,622 cultural relics on display. The basic display is "ancient capital Beijing? Historical and cultural articles, ancient capital Beijing? Urban construction ","Beijing's past? Old Beijing Folk Exhibition, Ancient Capital Beijing? Historical and cultural articles, ancient capital Beijing? Urban construction is the core of the exhibition of the Capital Museum, which shows the magnificent Beijing culture and the history of the development of the capital, and has become a brand display to build a first-class museum in China. Exquisite exhibitions include fine exhibitions of ancient porcelain, Yan Di bronzes, ancient calligraphy, ancient painting, ancient jade, ancient Buddhism, strange stories in the study, and old events in Beijing. The display of old Beijing folk customs is the supplement and deepening of Beijing cultural display. The constantly updated temporary exhibition is a stage to study and appreciate the relationship between Beijing culture and other cultures, China culture and world culture.

Buddha Exhibition Hall The Buddha Exhibition Hall displays 262 Buddha statues, which are divided into Han Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. After seeing this exhibition hall, various artistic shapes let the audience know about the development and evolution of the Buddha art in the Sino-Tibetan area of China. One in the exhibition hall? Pewaba, the great hero of bronze gilding? It's a court statue of the Ming Dynasty, with a height of 18.5cm. It's very rare for such a big Buddha statue. The Buddha statue is vivid, with round eyes and bright face. The right leg is sideways, the left leg is propped up, the left hand is lifted, and the index finger is extended as the upward finger. This style shows that Piwaba bet with the wine girl and set the posture of the sun.

Jadeware exhibition hall

Exhibit cultural relics 18 1 in the jade exhibition hall to show visitors the basic context of jade development. A large number of poems and jade articles engraved with the emperor's year number were unearthed in the tombs of princes and nobles. Some small pieces of jade are equipped with magnifying glasses in front, so that the audience can better feel the superb craftsmanship of ancient jade carvings in China. In the exhibition hall, the most concerned thing is Ganlong Yuxi. It is understood that this jade seal was purchased by the Capital Museum in 2004 from Christie's Spring Auction in Hong Kong for more than 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars. This side? White jade carving dragon button square seal? Not long ago, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty gave the Zen position to Emperor Jiaqing and claimed to be the emperor's father. Baguazhang's treasure of thought? Judging from the seal, it is one of the seals of Qianlong's 80th birthday (179 1) and belongs to Qianlong's private seal. Emperor Qianlong has used it in many famous paintings and calligraphy, so it can also be used as one of the basis for identifying the authenticity of paintings and calligraphy.

Porcelain exhibition hall

Porcelain 170 parts unearthed and handed down during the historical period when Beijing was the capital were exhibited in the Porcelain Exhibition Hall. In 2000, the blue-and-white glazed red sea dragon spherical bottle was worth100000 yuan. In addition, the white glazed boy chanting pot in Ding Yao during the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties, the blue-and-white flat pot with phoenix head unearthed in the Yuan Dynasty, and the pastel lotus-patterned wooden pot in the turquoise green area of Gan Long are all rare treasures. There is also a grape grain Cup in the exhibition hall. This pair of grape grain Cup and Jigang Cup are contemporary works, both of which are representative works of official kilns in Ming Dynasty. There is only one Jigang cup and a pair of grape cups. These cups were unearthed in the tomb of Sony's 7-year-old granddaughter, an important official in the early Qing Dynasty.

Study room exhibition hall

The study exhibition hall * * * exhibited 49 pieces of cultural relics/kloc-0, including Qianlong Imperial Ink, Yuchunhuaxuan Carved Paper, Four Famous Inks, Bamboo Carved Zhang Shanshui Pavilion Penholder in Ming Dynasty and other precious cultural relics. The moon door with polished bricks, exquisite flower windows, painting cases, bookcases and embroidered piers? Walking into this exhibition hall is like walking into the study of Ming and Qing literati. Because most of the exhibits here are exquisite and fragile cultural relics such as pens, ink, paper and inkstones, in order to ensure the safety of cultural relics, several humidifiers have been specially added in the showcase and exhibition hall.

The main highlights of the series

The Qianlong Imperial Monument is divided into three parts, namely, the monument body, the monument cap and the monument seat, and each part has two caps and five seats. The monument is 6.7 meters high and weighs more than 40 tons. It is made of white marble and stone. It is very well preserved. The tablet is full of rare handwritten books "Imperial Capital" and "Imperial Capital" written in Manchu and Chinese. These two poems vividly and concretely express Emperor Qianlong? Is it dangerous in Germany? And then what? Be prepared for danger in times of peace? Thought of governing the country.

These two articles are also the greatest cultural value of this giant stone tablet, and they are important physical documents for studying and displaying Beijing's history and culture. The stele seat is a waist-girding sumeru seat, engraved with grass-rolling patterns, which is exquisite and unusual.

The monument stands around 1935 in the northwest of Tianqiao intersection in Beijing? Doum Palace? Inside; From 19 15 to1919; Yucai School was still located in the northeast corner of Neitan when 1949 entered Xiannongtan. 1958? Great Leap Forward? During the period, the monument was artificially pushed down and scattered on the surface; And then because? Cultural Revolution? In various projects, various parts of the monument were buried in the ground one after another. According to these clues, in 2003, the search for historic sites began. The staff first used the detector to carry out on-site inspection, and the result was disappointing. Later, according to the memory of an old man, the location of the imperial tomb was initially determined. Before the Spring Festival in 2004, a corner of the monument was found in the inner altar of Xiannongtan, underground of an office in the courtyard of Beijing convenience food factory, and then the monument cap and base were found.

At present, the Qianlong Imperial Monument is well preserved, but because of its age, there are some cracks on the monument, but there is no through crack. In order to ensure that the monument is not damaged, the monument has been repaired before it is erected. Larger cracks are reinforced with steel bars and treated with glue. In order to prevent wind, rain and sunshine from attacking the stone tablet, the whole stone tablet will be sealed with special glass in the future, and ventilation holes will be left on the glass cover to facilitate air circulation. According to reports, the selected glass is not only strong, but also anti-ultraviolet.

Architectural indicators and functions

The New Capital Museum is not only an important cultural facility, but also a base for the protection and research of cultural relics in Beijing. It spreads patriotism, history and scientific knowledge to the public and young people, is an important place for ceremonies and celebrations in Beijing, and is an ideal place for people to travel and relax. Architectural design attaches importance to the specific functional requirements of the museum, and tries to deal with the relationship between functional areas in a clear, concise and logical way. The main functions are divided into exhibition area, social education area, comprehensive service area, business research area, underground parking garage, administrative office area, security area, collection area and equipment area.

New Capital Museum

Environmental monitoring of cultural relics safety: The Capital Museum adopts advanced and unique intelligent air-conditioning system, with constant humidity and no constant temperature, and the range of relative humidity in the cultural relics warehouse and exhibition hall is controlled within 2%, which greatly ensures the safety of cultural relics storage; At the same time, the temperature of the exhibition hall fluctuates with the external natural temperature to a certain extent, giving people better comfort.

Etiquette and public activities: When a ceremony is held, relevant slogans and background information will be displayed on the multimedia projection screen in the lobby before the ceremony begins. During the ceremony, the acoustics of the whole hall were even and clear. The lobby is equipped with news photography power supply and news release information terminal, which can automatically control related lighting, curtain, sound, projection and other equipment according to the progress of meetings and etiquette. The big screen in the outdoor square can broadcast the ceremony live at the same time, and shoot and record the ceremony on the spot. Corresponding multimedia discs can be provided within half an hour after the ceremony.

On-site service for the audience: install a tour guide system at the gate and hall of the museum, so that the public can freely browse and inquire about the basic situation and visiting information of the museum. The ticket checking system sells all kinds of tickets such as full price and preferential price of the museum, which can automatically identify the authenticity and denomination of the tickets, so that the audience can return to continue their visit even if they leave the museum temporarily that day.

Information service: Digitize historical audio-visual materials by using information technology, and set up an audio-visual program database and an on-demand system. Viewers can dial through a computer screen or telephone to freely order whatever they want to listen to or watch.

Multifunctional lecture hall: Through digital network, radio station, TV network (wired/wireless) and live video broadcast, interactive broadcast of data network and post-production of electronic publications, the combination of on-site meeting and online meeting can be realized. Internet users can participate in on-site academic discussions in real time by browsing the local area network of our library, no matter where they are.

Inside the new capital museum

Central etiquette hall? With an area of more than 2,000 square meters and a height of 34 meters, it has outstanding cultural characteristics and is full of modern flavor. It is an ideal place to hold ceremonial activities and large-scale cultural activities.

Exhibition hall? Different types of exhibition halls are relatively independent, which not only facilitates the selective visit of the audience, shortens the visit route, but also facilitates the safety management. The wide exhibition area and sufficient height also provide an ideal space for various exhibition designs. The temporary exhibition hall of more than 3,000 square meters will provide a first-class exhibition platform for cultural and artistic exchanges at home and abroad. Intelligent temperature and humidity control system and security fire protection system provide conditions for holding the most precious cultural relics exhibition.

Cultural relics warehouse? Adequate area and reasonable separation; The fire safety facilities are advanced and complete; Using 10 ton hydraulic elevator, the cultural relics transport vehicle can be transported from the ground to the second floor underground warehouse, which is unique in Chinese and foreign museums at present.

Multifunctional conference hall? It has the most selected facilities in China, such as multilingual simultaneous interpretation, digital film broadcasting, conference voting system, conference hall special website, etc.

Digital projection hall? Ultra-wide viewing angle arc screen can play high-definition digital movies, and the resolution of this device is the highest at home and abroad; At present, the first film is Brilliant Beijing. Three-dimensional digital movies will be made in the future. Edit this advanced technology

Collection, exhibition and research are the three major tasks of the museum. The new museum of Shoubo has fully absorbed and adopted the advanced technology of museum construction in the world today, and has reached the domestic first-class level in these three aspects.

intelligentize

Intelligent engineering? An air conditioning system with intelligent temperature and humidity control is installed in the exhibition hall to ensure that the audience's activity space in the exhibition hall is comfortable, and at the same time, the temperature and humidity conducive to the protection of cultural relics are maintained in the showcase; In the cultural relics warehouse, different temperatures and humidities are provided according to the cultural relics storage areas made of different materials. The security technical prevention system (including parking garage management and lighting control), fire monitoring and automatic fire extinguishing system (including emergency broadcasting system), building automation system and acousto-optic linkage control system are fully intelligent; Among them, automatic fire extinguishing is also specially designed for the characteristics that cultural relics are easy to encounter water.

digitization

Digital museum construction? The digital construction project of Shoubo is an innovative project of the national cultural and art circles;

(1) A complete framework for building museum information resources through digital technology; Digital management of collection management;

(2) The exhibition makes full use of digital technology as an auxiliary means, and sets up multi-screen projection, phantom imaging, virtual reality images, digital movies and other multimedia display projects at the necessary positions of the exhibition to enhance the exhibition effect; Break the triviality and monotony of previous textbooks;

(3) A comprehensive information platform serving all departments and visitors (including people outside the museum) was first established in China.

The digital professional subsystem of the Capital Museum includes cultural heritage information management system, multimedia display background management system and the website of the Capital Museum 1 1.

Multimedia program

Multimedia presentation? In the exhibition in Chen Zhong, multi-screen projection (used for the first time in the field of international museums), phantom imaging, digital movies and other multimedia display means are widely used to enhance the exhibition effect and deepen the information transmission of physical exhibits, completely breaking the boring and monotonous teaching materials of historical relics exhibitions in the past.

Environmental protection and energy saving

Environmental protection and energy saving? It is the first museum and cultural venue in China that uses skin-type amorphous flexible solar panels to generate electricity by solar energy. Energy-saving lamps and colloidal battery EPS emergency power supply are also used in the museum; Decorative materials, display cases and other exhibition supplies in the museum are all green products that meet national standards.

Restoration of cultural relics

Cultural relics restoration? The introduction of complete sets of advanced cultural relics protection and restoration equipment will comprehensively improve the level of cultural relics protection and restoration by high-tech means, so that the Capital Museum will become the cultural relics protection and restoration center in northern China.

first class service

Based on the principle of perfection of advanced equipment and facilities and humanized service;

Reception service? There are multilingual service consultation, lockers, public drinking tables, rest seats, motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle parking lots, etc. And prepared elevators, wheelchairs and telephones for the disabled; Baby's room, stroller, etc. It's for babies. At the same time, six touch screens are equipped for the disabled or people with limited mobility.

Tour guide explanation service? Provide free Chinese and English multilingual guide maps and exhibition color pages for the audience; Provide special lectures by multilingual commentators and experts; Touch-screen inquiry computer, multilingual intelligent voice navigation machine, and multilingual personal handheld computer (PDA) navigation for the first time in China.

Big screen in the central etiquette hall? Use the full-color screen with the highest resolution in the world at present to broadcast digital movies introducing Beijing's first exhibition, temporary exhibition and historical sites; Exhibition and service information is played in text form by using a large screen with two primary colors.

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

Leisure business service? Restaurants, cafes, tea rooms, souvenir shops, bookstores, ATMs, mailboxes, public telephones and other facilities are open to the audience.

As a modern comprehensive museum, the Capital Museum will surely make new contributions to enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the broad masses of the people, developing cultural exchanges with foreign countries and building socialist culture in Beijing.

Access information

Business?Hours?

Tuesday to Sunday at 9: 00? /kloc-closed at 0/7: 00 (/kloc-closed at 0/6: 00) and closed on Monday (except legal holidays).

Data flow information

Subway: Take the 1 line Muxidi Station and walk 500 meters east.

Bus lines: Bus No.26, Bus No.45, Bus No.80, BusNo.14, Bus No.308, Bus No.840, Bus No.843, Bus No.844, Bus No.937, BusNo. 19 get off at Baiyun Road Station and drive north 100 meters;

Take bus 1, 52, 99, get off at the Trade Union Building Station, and walk 200 meters west.

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