9am-4pm.
1 Wusi Dajie,Dongcheng District.
Tel:64017076/2252

Daily 9am-4pm.
RMB 20.
1 Wusi Dajie,Dongcheng District.
Tel:64012252/7076

8:30am-4pm.
126 Tiaoqiao Nanjie,Chongwen District.
Tel:67024431

Daily 8:30am-4:30pm.
RMB 20(students),30.
East side of Tian'anmen Square,Dongcheng District.
Tel:65128910
Fax:65256774

If you're into 20th Century Chinese literature,this is the place to immerse yourself in reproductions of writer's homes.Eerily,it also has a Madame Tussauds theme going on with mannequins of the writers for that perfect photo opportunity.

45 Wenxueguan Lu,Shaoyaoju,Chaoyang district.
Open 9am-4:30pm daily.20 RMB.
Tel:84619060

9am-5pm.
Northwest Corner of Beijing Unicersity,Haidian District.
Tel:62751668

A Science and technology museum with dispalys aimed at all ages.£¤30,students £¤20,children under 6yrs free Mon-Fri
9:30am-5:30pm,Sat-Sun
10am-7pm,closed on the second Mon and Tue of each month.
1/F,The Malls at Oriental Plaza,1 Dongchang'an Jie,Dongcheng District.
Tel:85182255

9am-4:30pm,closed on Mondays.
46 Houhai Beiyan,Xicheng District.(Around the edge of Houhai)
Tel:64044205

8:30am-4:30pm.
A3 Anding Lu,Chaioyang District.
Tel:64912233 ext.479/465/474

9am-4pm.
24 Wutasi Cun,Haidian District.(behind the Capital Gym)
Tel:62186081

War,that is it good for? Absolutely nothing,but in its absence you can always stick the paraphernalia under a roof and call it a museum.The Chinese Military History at war,and it's likely to be pretty interesting.This one has everything from ancient weaponry to MIGs,AK-47s and soviet army souvenirs.

9 Fuxing Lu,Haidian district.
Open 8am-5:30pm daily.20RMB.
Tel:66866244

8:30am-5pm Summer,8:30am-4:30pm Winter.
The Forbidden City,Dongcheng District.
Tel:65132255

Contemporary local art.
12am-6pm Tue-Sun.
2 Jiuxianqiao Road,Chaoyang District.
Tel:84562054
E-mail:info@whitespace-beijing.com

8am-8pm.
East side of Tiananmen Square,Dongcheng District.
Tel:65252189

Regarded as the farther of modern Chinese painting,Xu Beihong is famed for his traditional style painting of galloping stallions.He went on to found the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1950.

52 XInjiekou Beidajie,Xicheng district.
Open 9am-4pm daily.5RMB.
Tel:62252042

Tue-Sun 9am-4:30pm.
RMB 5,2(students).
53 Xinjiekou Beidajie,Xicheng District.
Tel:62212042

Art house factory space worth checking out
Daily 10am-6pm.
798 Art Area,4 Jiuxianqiao Road,Chaoyang District.
Tel:84573506

Tue-Sun 9am-4pm.
RMB 3(students),5.
9 Huizhong Lu,Asian Games Village,Chaoyang District.
Tel:64910909

The oldest human at this site had been resting at Dragon Bone Hill(Long Gu Shan) for some 690000years.Peking Man was discovered in 1921 and over 40 hominids of different sexes have been uncovered here

Zhoukoudian Village,Fangshan district.
Open 8:30am-4:30pm daily.30RMB.
Tel:69301272