Beijing Sights: Museums and galleries

The museums in Beijing are generally not yet up to the standard seen in cities such as Paris, Rome and New York. However the city contains one of the largest and most well known museums in Asia, the Palace Museum also known as the Forbidden City. Read More »

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Beijing Sights: Museums and galleries is based on Beijing by D. Guillaime, Erin Henshaw, Claus Hansen, Greg Bell, Duffsta, Globe-trotter, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.