中国人民革命军事博物馆 | |
 Main entrance of Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution | |
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| Location | Beijing,China |
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| Coordinates | 39°54′27.61″N116°19′03.80″E / 39.9076694°N 116.3177222°E /39.9076694; 116.3177222 |
| Website | eng |
TheMilitary Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution[1] is the national military museum of China, located inHaidian,Beijing. The collection mainly focuses on military equipments and cultural relics reflecting the military history of thePeople's Liberation Army, ancient and modern Chinese military history, and world military history.[2]
The museum was one of theTen Great Buildings erected in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China,[3]: 29 construction of the museum began in October 1958 and ended in August 1960, when it was inaugurated.[4] On March 12, 1959, approved by theChinese Communist Party'sCentral Military Commission, it was officially named the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution (hereinafter referred to as the Military Museum). ChairmanMao Zedong inscribed the name of the museum, and on August 1, 1960, officially opened to the public on theArmed Forces Day.[5]
The museum was comprehensively reconstructed in 2012–2017 and reopened with a larger central hall that hosts a display of aircraft and missiles. The reconstruction allowed for a considerable expansion of the exhibition surface, from 60,000[6] to 159,000 square meters.[7]
The museum's four floors include ten halls, the largest of which is the Hall of Weapons. The Hall's extensive holdings of antiquated weaponry showcase domestic and foreign weapons, including blades, small arms, artillery, tanks, armored personnel carriers, anti-air weaponry, jet fighters, rockets and rocket launchers, and cruise missiles. Foreign weapons includeSoviet tanks purchased or donated during the 1950s and 1960s,Japanese weaponry captured during theSecond Sino-Japanese War,American weaponry captured from theKuomintang during theChinese Civil War and fromUN forces during theKorean War. In addition, the Hall of Weapons displays equipment from China'sspace program, such as satellites and a two-seat orbital capsule.
With two exceptions, the other halls are largely historical exhibits, combining plaster sculptures, maps, paintings, artifacts, movies, and plaques (in Chinese, with select ones translated into English). The other nine halls include:
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