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Capital Museum

Address:No. 16 Fuxingmenwai Street, Xicheng District (near Baiyun Road)
Area:63390 M²
Location:China-Beijing-Xicheng District
Tel:010-63370491/92
Email:bjmuse@126.com

Introduction

The Capital Museum began preparations in 1953, and was officially opened to the public in 1981. The original site was in the national key cultural relics protection unit-Beijing Confucius Temple.


        As a key cultural construction project during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period in Beijing, the capital city ’s new museum construction project application was approved by the Beijing Municipal Committee and the Municipal Government in 1999, and approved by the State Development and Reform Commission to the State Council for implementation. build.


        Under the care and guidance of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, after four years of hard work, the Capital Museum has been unveiled on the first extension street of China—Chang'an Street West Extension. With its grand architecture, rich exhibitions, advanced technology, and comprehensive functions, the Capital Museum has become a large modern museum commensurate with Beijing's "historical and cultural city", "cultural center", and "international metropolis" status, and ranks among the In the "first-class domestic, international advanced" museum ranks.


        The architectural design concept of the Capital Museum is "people-oriented, cultural relic-oriented, serving the society", emphasizing "the harmonious unity of the past and future, history and modernity, art and nature".


        Shoubo Architecture itself is an architectural artwork that combines classical beauty with modern beauty. It has both strong national characteristics and a distinctive modern sense. The huge roof has inherited the far-reaching eaves of Chinese traditional architecture; the long stone curtain wall symbolizes the ancient Chinese city wall; the square rises and descends to inherit the ancient high-rise building style; the ground outside the north gate of the hall is inlaid with the Dan dynasty of the Qing Dynasty. The archway of the Ming Dynasty embodies the characteristics of the central axis of the plane of traditional Chinese architecture; the oval-shaped bronze pavilion obliquely expresses the ancient cultural relics.


        The extensive use of bronze, wood, and masonry has a long history. The stone used in the north square and the lobby floor is produced in Fangshan area, which has been supplying stone for Beijing city since ancient times. The outer decoration of the square exhibition hall is made of Beijing's most common elm. The outer decoration of the oval exhibition hall is made of bronze and decorated with Patterns of bronzes from the Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed in Beijing.


        The steel structure roof and glass curtain wall show Beijing's strong pace of the times. The tall space and transparent visual effects conform to the international popular trend of contemporary architecture.


        The interior of the new hall is divided into three independent buildings, namely: a rectangular exhibition hall, an elliptical special exhibition hall, and a strip-shaped office research building. The space between the three is the central hall and the indoor bamboo forest courtyard. The use of natural light, the quaint Chinese archway, the sunken bamboo courtyard, and the flowing water create a humanistic and natural environment for the audience.


Once the museum building is completed, it has won unanimous praise from people from all walks of life at home and abroad.


        The exhibition of the new museum is based on the collections of the Capital Museum over the years and unearthed cultural relics in the Beijing area as basic materials. It absorbs the latest research results of Beijing history, cultural relics, archeology and related disciplines, and draws on the successful experience of domestic and foreign museums to form a modernization with unique Beijing characteristics Exhibition. When the construction of the first museum's new museum was launched in 2000, the preparation of the exhibition outline began immediately; the exhibition outline was guided by a number of academic authorities such as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, and strived to reflect the academic The latest achievements recognized by the industry. The exhibition design strives to use a new design concept, break through the traditional and boring exhibition mode, make full use of modern exhibition technology and methods, create different types of exhibition atmosphere, give the audience an experiential visiting experience, and have formal affinity, Interesting and interactive, so that both taste and taste are shared. The positioning of the Capital Museum determines the composition of the first exhibition: basic display, fine display and temporary exhibition.


        Basic exhibitions include "Ancient Capital Beijing · History and Culture", "Ancient Capital Beijing · Urban Construction", and "Beijing Old Things-Old Beijing Folklore Exhibition". "Ancient Capital Beijing · History and Culture" and "Ancient Capital Beijing · Urban Construction" are the core of the exhibition of the Capital Museum, showing the grand and magnificent Beijing culture, continuously increasing and moving towards the glorious history of the development of the capital, becoming the brand exhibition of the first-class museum .


        Exquisite displays include "Ancient Porcelain Art Exhibition", "Yandi Bronze Art Exhibition", "Ancient Calligraphy Art Exhibition", "Ancient Painting Art Exhibition", "Ancient Jade Art Exhibition", "Ancient Buddhist Art Exhibition" "," Exhibition of Fine Arts in the Study Room ". These seven collections of exquisite exhibitions and "Beijing Old Things-Old Beijing Folk Customs Exhibition" are complementary and deepening of the exhibition of Beijing culture. A total of 5,622 cultural relics were exhibited in the above exhibitions.


        The temporary exhibition is a stage for studying and watching the relationship between Beijing culture and other regional cultures, Chinese culture and world cultural exchanges. Advanced technology Collection, display and research are the three main tasks of the museum. Shoubo New Museum fully absorbs and adopts the advanced technology of today's world museum construction, and has achieved domestic first-class standards in these three aspects.


        Intelligent engineering——The exhibition hall is equipped with intelligent temperature and humidity control air-conditioning systems to ensure that the space in which the audience moves is comfortable temperature and humidity, while the exhibition cabinet maintains the temperature and humidity that are conducive to the protection of cultural relics. The reservoir area provides different temperature and humidity. Safety technology prevention system in the hall (including parking garage management and lighting control), fire monitoring and automatic fire extinguishing system (including emergency broadcast system), building automation system, sound and light linkage control system, fully realize intelligent; automatic fire extinguishing also aims at The cultural relics are vulnerable to water and are specially designed.


        Digital Museum Construction——The Shoubo Digital Construction Project is an innovative project in the cultural and arts industry in China: (1) digital technology methods to achieve a complete framework for museum information resource construction; digital management of collection management; (2) exhibitions to fully use digital technology as an auxiliary means , Multi-screen projection, phantom imaging, virtual reality images, digital films and other multimedia display projects are set up at the necessary positions of the exhibition to enhance the exhibition effect; it has broken the tedious and monotonous style of previous exhibition textbooks; (3) pioneered the establishment in the country Based on the museum's professional subsystems, it provides a comprehensive information platform that serves all departments and audiences (including audiences outside the museum).


        The digital professional subsystem of the Capital Museum includes 11 items such as a cultural heritage information management system, a multimedia display background management system, and a website of the Capital Museum. Multimedia display-In the exhibition, multimedia display methods are widely used, such as multi-screen projection (first used in the field of international museums), phantom imaging, digital cinema, strengthening the exhibition effect, deepening the transmission of physical exhibit information, completely breaking the past Textbook-like boringness and monotony in historical cultural relic exhibitions. Environmental protection and energy saving-using skin-type amorphous flexible solar power generation panels, it is the first museum and cultural venue in China to use solar power. Energy-saving lamps, gel batteries and EPS emergency power supplies are also used in the hall; exhibition materials such as decoration materials and showcases in the hall are green products that meet national standards.


        Cultural relics restoration-the introduction of a complete set of advanced cultural relics protection and restoration equipment, and the use of high-tech means to comprehensively improve the level of cultural relics protection and restoration, making the Capital Museum a cultural relics protection and restoration center in northern China. Perfect function Shoubo New Museum is not only an important cultural facility, but also a base for cultural relics protection, cultural relics research, and the spread of patriotism, history, and scientific knowledge to the public and young people in Beijing. It is also a ceremony and celebration event in Beijing. The important place is also an ideal place for the people to travel and relax.


        Central Etiquette Hall-covering an area of over 2,000 square meters and a height of 34 meters, with its prominent Chinese cultural characteristics and strong modern atmosphere, it is an ideal place for ceremonial events and large-scale cultural events. Exhibition Hall-Different types of exhibition halls are relatively independent, which is convenient for visitors Selective visits, shorter visit routes, and easier security management. The wide exhibition area and sufficient height also provide an ideal space for rich and varied exhibition design. The temporary exhibition hall of more than 3,000 square meters will provide a first-class display platform for domestic and international cultural and artistic exchanges. Intelligent temperature and humidity control system and security fire protection system provide the conditions for hosting the most precious cultural relic exhibition.


        Cultural relics warehouses-sufficient area and reasonable separation; advanced security and fire protection facilities; 10-ton hydraulic elevator, cultural relics transport vehicles can be transported from the ground to the underground two-story warehouse, currently unique to Chinese and foreign museums.


Multi-functional conference hall——With multi-language simultaneous interpretation, digital movie playback, conference voting system, conference hall dedicated website and other most selected facilities in China.


        Digital Projection Hall—Ultra-wide-angle curved screen can play high-definition digital films. The resolution of this device is the highest at home and abroad at present; the first film is currently “Brilliant Beijing”; stereo digital films will be produced in the future. High-quality service is based on perfecting advanced equipment and facilities, and is based on the principle of humanized service; Reception service-with multilingual service consulting, item lockers, public drinking fountains, rest seats, motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle parking lots Wait. Disabled elevators, wheelchairs, telephones for the disabled are also prepared for the disabled; baby rooms, strollers, etc. are prepared for babies. Equipped with 6 touch screens for special groups.


        Guidance and explanation service——provide free multi-language guide maps and color pages of the exhibition in Chinese and English for the audience; provide multi-language guides and expert presentations; touch-screen query computers, multi-lingual intelligent audio guides, And the first multilingual personal PDA tour in the country.


        Large screen in the Central Etiquette Hall-using the world's highest resolution full-color large screen, playing digital films introducing the first exhibition, temporary exhibitions and historical places in Beijing; using dual-primary large screens to display exhibitions and services in text information.


        Education and interactive services—Special lectures, children's themed activities, hands-on experience projects, interactive multimedia projects, etc. are held throughout the year.


        Leisure business services-restaurants, cafes, tea rooms, souvenir shops, bookstores, ATMs, post boxes, public telephones and other facilities are open to the audience. As a modern comprehensive museum, the Capital Museum will continue to make new contributions to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the broad masses of the people, to carry out foreign cultural exchanges, and to build socialist culture in the capital, Beijing.


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