The National Museum of China on the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing was completed in 1959 as one of the Ten Great Buildings. The article names no original architect and no start date. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism owns and funded it. The German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners designed the 2011 renovation.
The article names no style or materials. The site covers 6.5 hectares (16 acres), the frontal length is 1,027 feet (313 m), the width is 489 feet (149 m) and the height is 130 feet (40 m) over four stories.
The museum reopened on March 17, 2011 after four years of renovation, with 28 new halls. It now has 48 exhibition halls. The collection is 1.3 million items in the infobox and more than 1.4 million in the text. COVID-19 closures in 2020 cut attendance by 78 percent. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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