Beijing Museum of Natural History (běi jīng zì rán bó wù guǎn 北京自然博物馆) grew out of the preparation department of National Central Museum of Natural History founded in 1951. Beijing Museum of Natural History was formally named in 1962. Being the first large-scale museum of natural history founded on our own strength after new China was established, the museum bears three main functions: the specimen collection, the academic research and the science popularization of paleontology (gǔ shēng wù xué 古生物学), zoology (dòng wù xué 动物学), botany (zhí wù xué 植物学) and anthropology (rén lèi xué 人类学). The museum today boasts its rich collections, high-level research and ever-enlarging exhibitions. It has been one of a few museums of natural history in China and named as National Youth Science and Technology Education Base .

The museum, covering a floor space of 24,000 square meters, with more than 8000 square meters for display, owns more than 200,000 items in the collection, with the collection of paleontology, ornithology (niǎo lèi xué 鸟类学), mammals (bǔ rǔ dòng wù 哺乳动物) and invertebrates (wú jǐ zhuī dòng wù 无脊椎动物) coming out exceeding in the nation wide. The level of both scientific research and display are also in the lead. Beijing Museum of Natural History has already been the most popular natural history museum in China. 

In 1979, the museum initiated the Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums that is playing more and more important role in the museum field today. Thereafter, Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum and Nature started publication in 1980. The Illustration of Biological History was edited and published in 1982. Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums, Beijing Society of Zoology and Beijing Society of Botany successively set their agencies at the museum.
 

Opening Hours: 9:00-17:00
                         6 days a week(Except Monday)
Group Reserve: more than 20 persons.
Address: 126, Tianqiao, Beijing,100050
Tel: 010-67024439, 67024435
Public Transportation: You can take bus No. 826, 7, 707, 105 and get off at the west of Tianqiao (tiān qiáo 天桥) station. Or you can take subway line 5 and get off at the east of Tiantan Park.