The Capital Museum, located in the Confucius Temple, was prepared in 1953 and formally opened in 1981.

As a major cultural construction project in Beijing in the "10th Five-Year Plan", the new complex of the Capital Museum, approved by the Beijing Municipal Government in 1999, further approved by the State Council after being submitted by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2001, commenced its construction in December 2001.

The new Capital Museum had the trial operation in December 2005 and was officially opened on May 18, 2006. With its magnificent architecture, abundant exhibitions, advanced technology and complete functions, the Capital Museum contributes to Beijing's standing as a famous historical and cultural city, a cultural centre and an international metropolis and ranks among the first class museums both at home and abroad and is regarded as one of the first "State First-class Museums" in 2008.

Here is the information on Cafeteria & Shop in 2018 of the museum:

Cafeteria

The cafeteria is located on the northeast corner of the round exhibition room at basement level. Covering about 200 square meters, it offers coffee, soft drinks and low alcohol beverages.

Shop

Located in the southwest of the museum's basement and with a floor space of about 550 square meters, the souvenir shop offers a wide variety of souvenirs including special souvenirs from the museum, books, and audio-visual products. Also on sale here are various arts and crafts with local characteristics, gold and jade ornaments, collotype calligraphic works and paintings of great collecting value, and other arts and crafts with unique features. The thousands of books on sale here mainly have a "Beijing taste" or are books on collecting and connoisseurship.