From Jan. – May, 2017

1，Profound Parent-child Love in Beijing Courtyards  

Hutong courtyards, for natives of Beijing, hold dear their memory of life. Generations of Beijingers have formed a kind of culture featuring a loving father, filial children, friendly elder brothers and polite younger brothers, when they made the courtyards their home. During the Dragon Boat Festival and the Children's Day this year, the Capital Museum has prepared a different experience for you. Amiable presenters, professional folk-custom teachers, skillful inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, abundant interactive experiences are all right here waiting for you!

【Activity Time and Audience】

May 30, 2017, 9:30 am (parent-child family, child being 6-15 years old)

June 1, 2017, 9:30 am (parent-child family, child being 6-15 years old)

Venue: Ceremony Hall, Capital Museum 

50 parent-boy families and 50 parent-girl families for each event (only one parent)

【Meeting Point】

Please enter from the north gate of the museum with your appointment interface on WeChat and sign in at the activity registration counter at the Ceremony Hall on the 1st floor 20 minutes before the event starts.     

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.We offer all the materials needed for the event. 

3.If you arrive 30 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

Feedback: You are welcome to give us comments and feedback on the event, which will be used to improve the quality of our future activities. Thanks for your support! 

E-mail: bjshyzm@163.com  

Other activities with the theme "Reading city - Discover the beauty of Beijing courtyard” are coming soon.

2, Adventure in the Museum — A Digital Reading City 

Activity Description:

Do you ever wonder about the secrets of ancient cities? Come to the Exhibition “Reading the City — Explore the historical cities in Beijing”, where we have carefully prepared an exhibition that never ends – a digital exhibition. Here you can learn about the origins, functions and symbols of the ancient cities through rich multimedia content and interactive games. Hurry up and start the exploration with us!

Activity Time: Sunday, May 21, 2017, 9: 30 AM

Venue: Colorful Room

Audience: Children aged 8-15 years old

Capacity: 30 children for each event

【Meeting Point】

Please gather at the Colorful Room on the ground floor of the Capital Museum 10 minutes before the activity starts. Parents should show their advanced or on the day tickets along with their ID card, and take their children to enter through the north gate.

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

Feedback: You are welcome to give us comments and feedback on the event, which will be used to improve the quality of our future activities. Thanks for your support! 

E-mail: bowuguandamaoxian@163.com  

Other activities concerning the adventures at the museum are coming soon!

3, “Tour to Discover the Beauty of the Quadrangle Courtyard” Activities -Experiencing the Beauty of Ancient Architecture

Activity Description:

Large-scale outdoor experience event "Tour to Discover the beauty of Quadrangle Courtyards” has officially kicked off. You are welcome to participate in it. The activity, taking courtyards as the theme, will help you to explore their characteristics. The first station will be at the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum, where experts will offer relevant lectures and you can participate in some fascinating hands-on activities. Come and Join us! 

Activity Time:  May 20, 2017, 9: 30-11: 00 AM  

Venue: Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum

Audience: school students aged 13-15 years old

Turnout: 30 people

Application Time: Opens a week before the activity.

【Meeting Point】

Please sign in at the front door of the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum 20 minutes before the activity starts. Students should bring their student ID card.

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.Please bring a pen with you 

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

Feedback: You are welcome to give us comments and feedback on the event, which will be used to improve the quality of our future activities. Thanks for your support! 

4，Golden Rooster Delivering Good News - Making a Shuttlecock

The all-around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labor has always been the basic guideline for evaluating the quality of people. However, it is not easy to design an activity which embodies the five virtues. This time, we offer an educational activity specially designed for the Year of the Rooster. At the activity we will make shuttlecocks, by which we can obtain some knowledge and build up our body. Hurry up to apply!

Activity Date: April 16 and April 30, 2017, 10:00 am

Audience: Children aged 10-15 years old

Capacity: 20 people

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.  Parents to participate in the activity must sign in on the spot with children’s ID card.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

Feedback: You are welcome to give us comments and feedback on the event, which will be used to improve the quality of our future activities. Thanks for your support!  

5，Singing Rooster - Tempera Painting

Chicken, in a traditional sense, is one of the “six domestic animals”. It has been part of human life since a long time ago. Although the image of a chicken is plain and unobtrusive, it is often used to express the auspicious meaning of "luck, virtue and elegance". In the Year of the Rooster, we initiate an activity for children of different ages to make tempera paintings with exclusive patterns. In the process you will also learn some knowledge, so come and join us!

1, Activity Date: April 16, 2017, 10:00 am

Audience: Children aged 7-10 years old

Capacity: 20 people

2, Activity Date: April 16, 2017, 10:00 am

Audience: Children aged 10-15 years old

Capacity: 20 people

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.  Parents to participate in the activity must sign in on the spot with children’s ID card.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

6， Kite Making

In modern life, children are inundated by various electronic products. Thus, we have an activity for them to learn about the history and the production methods of traditional hand-made kites, and make a kite on their own.

Activity time: April 2 and 15, 10:00 AM

Venue: Colorful Room

Capacity: Teenagers aged 8-10, 20 for each occasion.

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.  Parents to participate in the activity must sign in on the spot with children’s ID card.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

7，Adventure in the Museum — A Digital Reading City 

Activity Description:

Do you ever wonder about the secrets of ancient cities? Come to the Exhibition “Reading the City — Explore the historical cities in Beijing”, where we have carefully prepared an exhibition that never ends – a digital exhibition. Here you can learn about the origins, functions and symbols of the ancient cities through rich multimedia content and interactive games. Hurry up and start the exploration with us!

Activity Time: March 12, 2017, 9: 30 AM

Venue: Colorful Room

Audience: Children aged 8-15 years old

Capacity: 20 children for each event

【Meeting Point】

Please gather at the Colorful Room on the ground floor of the Capital Museum 10 minutes before the activity starts. Parents should show their advanced or on the day tickets along with their ID card, and take their children to enter through the north gate.

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

Feedback: You are welcome to give us comments and feedback on the event, which will be used to improve the quality of our future activities. Thanks for your support! 

8, Life in the Old Days — “Have Fun in My House”

Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, which are closely linked to each other, share a similar culture and enjoyment of life. As a result, people in the three cities share a lot of entertainment in common. The activity “Have Fun in My House” is characterized by all kinds of carefully designed games and will let you experience a happy childhood without a computer like in the old days.

Activity Time: February 9 and 25, 2017, 9: 30 AM

Venue: Colorful Room

Audience: Children aged 8-12 years old

Capacity: 20 children for each event

Tips

1.  If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.  Parents to participate in the activity must sign in on the spot with children’s ID card.

3.  If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.  Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

9, Life in the Old Days — “Find Pleasure in My House”

In this activity we will learn about the furnishings and writing materials in the study, and learn to write the Chinese Character “Fu” (means good fortune) in different styles of calligraphy. In this way, you will find pleasure in the art of calligraphy and feel the profound traditional Chinese culture and art.

Activity Time: February 8 and 11, 2017, 10: 00 AM

Venue: Colorful Room

Audience: Children aged 10-14 years old

Capacity: 20 children for each event

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.  Parents to participate in the activity must sign in on the spot with children’s ID card.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

10, Exhibition that never ends - A Digital Reading City 

What is an ancient city? Where are the historical cities? When was the earliest city in Beijing built? Through the fascinating interactive games and rich multimedia content, the mysteries of the city will be uncovered with great fun and inspire our interest and love for Beijing City.

For those who visited the exhibition "Reading the City - Searching for Historical Cities in Beijing” last year, do you want to learn more? For people who did not visit, do you feel you missed out?

Here comes good news. The Capital Museum, on the basis of the exhibition last year, has designed a new exhibition that never ends - a digital exhibition!

Besides watching and playing, you can also communicate with us on the spot. We will collect valuable comments from readers on the first phase of the Digital City Reading, and every student who participates in the event will be our exclusive "designer" for Digital City Reading!

What are you waiting for? Come and experience it, let's hear your voice! Let's work together to create the next exhibition that never ends!

Activity time: February 2, 9:00 AM to enter

Capacity: Teenagers aged 13-15, 150 for each occasion.

Venue: Function Hall, Capital Museum

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.  Parents to participate in the activity must sign in on the spot with children’s ID card.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

11, Life in the Old Days — Propitious Family

Eaves tiles, the god of doors and other relics that carry good meanings express the ardent hopes of life of the ancient people. Come and search for scattered auspicious patterns everywhere and learn the features of traditional Chinese decorative arts.

Activity time: January 25, 26 and 27, 10:00 AM

Capacity: Teenagers aged 7-12, 20 for each occasion.

Meeting Place: Colorful Room, Ground Floor, Capital Museum

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.  Parents to participate in the activity must sign in on the spot with children’s ID card.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation! 

12, “Time Travel” Series of Activities - "Into the Hall of Mental Cultivation” Instructor Training Course in Winter Vacation

Do you know how the emperor spent his days in the Hall of Mental Cultivation? Do you know where did the famous "holding court from behind a screen” happen? Do you know the origin of the name "Room of Three Rare Treasures"? It is the first time in hundreds of years that the precious relics from the Hall have been moved out from the Forbidden City. Now at the exhibition hall in the Capital Museum, you can not only see these exhibits closely, but also understand the imperial living details and sense the imperial atmosphere. 

Let’s bring our curiosity into the Museum this winter vacation!

【Activity Date】

February 7-12, 2017

【Audience】

AM: 15 children aged 9-11 

PM: 15 children aged 12-14 

【Venue】

“Into the Hall of Mental Cultivation” exhibition room and training classroom

【Application Opens】

January 17—February 3

【Meeting Point】

AM: 9:00 to enter through the east gate on the ground floor and assemble at the door of the Colorful Room

PM: 13:00 to enter through the east gate on the ground floor and assemble at the door of the Colorful Room

Tips

1.  This activity is a continuous course. If it is difficult for you to continuously attend and complete the course, please cancel the appointment in advance. Otherwise, it will occupy limited places, and will influence any future application for our activities. 

2.  Parents to participate in the activity must sign in on the spot with children’s ID card.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4. The Social Education Department of the Capital Museum is responsible for interpretation for this activity, thanks for your cooperation.

13, Introduction of the Skills of Picture Re-mounting

Are you interested in the programs of exploring and exposing secrets? If so, come to the Capital Museum. We will uncover one of the many secrets of the Museum. Picture re-mounting is a very complicated technical job, and the Craftsmen of the Center for Rehabilitation and Conservation of Relics will show you a new technology - biological enzymes.

Activity Time: January 11, 2017 at 14:30

Venue: round counter, Ceremony Hall, Capital Museum

Capacity: 15 people

Tips

1.If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.

2.  Parents to participate in the activity must sign in on the spot with children’s ID card.

3.If you arrive 15 minutes late, entry will be forfeited. 

4.Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation!