The four major museums in China are the Palace Museum, Taibei Palace Museum, Shaanxi History Museum and Nanjing Museum.

First of all, the Palace Museum

The Palace Museum is unique in that it is both an ancient palace and a modern museum. The cultural relics in the Forbidden City are not only numerous and varied, but also well protected. As the largest museum of ancient culture and art in China, its cultural relics collection mainly comes from the old collection of the Qing Palace. The Forbidden City in Beijing is the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, the first batch of national 5A-level tourist attractions, and the national advanced unit for ideological and moral construction of minors.

Second, the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

The National Palace Museum in Taipei is magnificent and is a palace-style building in China. The main building has four floors, with white walls and green tiles, and the main courtyard is plum blossom-shaped. Bronzes, jades, ceramics, ancient books, famous paintings and inscriptions of Shang and Zhou Dynasties are all rare treasures, and the exhibits in the exhibition hall are changed every three months. By the end of 20 14, there were more than 696,000 cultural relics in the collection.

Third, Shaanxi History Museum.

Shaanxi History Museum is located in the northwest of Big Wild Goose Pagoda in xi City, Shaanxi Province. It was built in 1983 and opened on June 20th. 199 1. Its completion marks the new development of China Museum. This building is a Tang-style building complex with "Four Corners of nave", which is magnificent and solemn.

Fourth, Nanjing Museum.

Nanjing Museum is the earliest museum established in China. One of the three major museums in China, whose predecessor was the National Central Museum founded by Cai Yuanpei and others in 22 years of the Republic of China, is the first large-scale comprehensive museum invested by the state in China. Now it is a national first-class museum, the first batch of national museums in the central and local governments, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and a 20th century architectural heritage of China.

Opening hours of the four major museums in China:

1, Palace Museum: The opening hours of the Palace Museum in peak season are from April 1 to1October 1:8:30 every year; The ticket sales stop time is16: 00; The closing time is16:10; Customs clearance time is 17:00. 1October 1 1 to March 3 of the following year1Opening hours in the off-season: 8: 30; The ticket sales stop time is15: 30; The closing time is 15:40.

2. National Palace Museum in Taipei: Exhibition Area 1 (main hall), from Tuesday to Sunday: 09:00 to 17:00, closed on Monday. Exhibition area 2 is not open to the public, and the children's art center is not open to the public. The library is closed to the public. Mr. Zhang Daqian Memorial Hall is not open to the public. Shan Zhi Garden, Tuesday to Sunday: 08:00 to 17:00.

3. Shaanxi Museum of History: It is closed every Monday (except national holidays), and in winter (1October1May to March14) from 9: 00 to17: 30 (16)

4. Nanjing Museum: closed all day on Monday, open all day on national holidays, closed on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and closed from Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00- 17:00( 16:00).