Beijing Art Museum
Beijing Art Museum is located in Wanshou Temple(the Temple of Longevity). Wanshou Temple was built in 1577 under the reign of Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty to store Buddhist scriptures in Chinese. It gradually became a temporary imperial dweling and a place of birthday celebration for the imperial family during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Beijing Art Museum has collected and preserved the precious historical relics such as bronze and jade articles of Shang and Zhou Dynasties (17th-3th centuries B.C), and the ancient art treasures as potteries, porcelains, enamels, carved lacquer ware, ivory carving ,wood carving, etc of the past dynasties.
Address:Wanshou Temple, North of West 3rd-ring Road, Beijing 100081 (Bus 300,323,374,811 or 817,at the Wanshou Tample Station; Bus 334,347 or 360,at the Sanhuqiao or Baiwalu Station)
Open: 9:00 — 16:00 (Close on Monday)
Admission: 20 yuan
