Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

    BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- For many overseas visitors to Beijing for the Olympic Games, it may be a good and meaningful arrangement to insert some trips to local museums between sport matches. Here, Xinhua helps you screen the city's more than 2,300 museums and patch up a simple list of more than 80 museums that may cater to your interests.

    The list, offering the most basic information, is just a start of our museum recommendations. Xinhua staff will, henceforth, provide brief introductions to some of the museums, including their display items, cultural background, bus route and admission fee, every day till the end of this month.

    The list is as following:

    The National Museum of China Address: 16, East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng District Phone: (8610) 8447-4902 (Chinese); (8610) 8447-4914 (English) Website: www.nmch.gov.cn

    The Capital Museum Address: 16 Fuxingmenwai Dajie, Xicheng District Phone: (8610) 6337 0491; (8610) 6337 0492 Website: www.capitalmuseum.org.cn/en/

    The Palace Museum Address: Forbidden City. Everybody in Beijing knows where it is. Phone: (8610) 6513 2255Website: www.dpm.org.cn

    The National Art Museum of China Address: No.1, Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng District Phone: (8610) 6401 7076; (8610) 6401 2252Website: www.namoc.org

    The National Arts and Crafts Museum Address: 101, Fuxingmennei Dajie, Dongcheng District Phone: (8610) 66053476

    Beijing Arts & Crafts Museum Address: 4th Floor, No.200 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District Phone: (8610) 6528 9326; (8610) 6528 8866 (ext.4051) Website: www.gongmeigroup.com.cn

    Beijing Art Museum Address: Wanshou Temple, North of West 3rd-ring Road Phone: (8610) 6847 9391; (8610) 6841 3380Website: www.bjww.gov.cn/bjwwlivepic/english.htm

    Beijing World Art Museum Address: A9, Fuxing Road, Hai Dian District Phone: (8610) 6852 7108Website: www.worldartmuseum.com/sjysg_en/index.shtml

    The Yan-Huang Art Gallery Address: No. 9, Huizhong Road, YayuncunPhone: (8610) 64910909; (8610) 6491 2902

    Beijing Jintai Art Museum Address: Inside Chaoyang Park(west gate)Phone: (8610) 6501 9441Website: www.jintaimuseum.org

    Poly Art Museum Address: No. 14 Dongzhimen South Street, 2nd floor of Poly Building, Dongcheng District Phone: (8610) 6500 1188 ext. 3250

　　The Imperial City Art Museum Address: Inside the Puchanghe Park, Dongcheng DistrictPhone: (8610) 8511 5104Website: www.beijingmuseum.gov.cn/huangcheng

    Guangfu Classic Art Museum Address: No. 18, Jinnan Road, Zhangwangfeng, Dashanzi, Chaoyang District,Phone: (8610) 6434 2308; (8610) 6433 8887Website: www.guanfumuseum.org.cn

    Beijing Museum of Traditional Opera Address: No.3 Hufangqiao Road, Xuanwu District Phone: (8610) 6351 8284 ; (8610) 6352 9134Website: www.beijinghuguang.com

    The Art Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts Address: No.5 Xiaowei Hutong, Dongcheng District Phone: (8610) 6528 2022

    Stone-Carved Scriptures Exhibition Hall Address: Yunju Temple, Fangshan District Phone: (8610) 6138 9612; (8610) 6138 9101

    Museum of Beijing Stone Inscription Art Address: No. 24 Wutasi Village, Haidian District Phone: (8610) 6217 2894; (8610) 6217 3543

　　China Red Sandalwood Museum Address: No. 9 Xinglong West Street, Gaobeidian, Chaoyang District Phone: (8610) 8576 7320Website: www.redsandalwood.com/english/frames.htm

    Beijing Mumingtang Ancient Porcelain Museum Address: 1/F, Beijing Municipal Real Estate Trading Center, 1 East Section, Huashi Beili, Chongwen District Phone: (8610) 6718 7266; (8610) 6718 6939

    China Nationalities Museum (Chinese Ethnic Culture Park) Address: Opposite the west door of National Olympic Sports Center of the Asian Games Village, Chaoyang District Phone: (8610)6206 3647; (8610)6206 3646Website: www.emuseum.org.cn/eindex.htm

    The Nationalities Museum, Central University for Nationalities Address: Central University for Nationalities, 27 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District Phone: (8610)6893 2760Website: bwg.cun.edu.cn

    The Cultural Palace of Nationalities Address: No.49 Fuxingmennei Dajie Phone: (8610)6602 4433; (8610) 6601 9375Website: www.cpon.cn

    Museum of Ethnic Costumes in Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology Address: A2, Yinghua Road, northern entrance of Heping Street , Chaoyang DistrictPhone: (8610) 6428 8261

    China Science & Technology Museum Address: No 1, Beisanhuan ZhongluPhone: (8610) 6237 1177 (ext.2109)Website: www.cstm.org.cn

    Beijing Museum of Natural History Address: No. 126 Tianqiao South Street Phone: (8610) 6702 4431 Website: www.bnhm.cn

    Beijing Museum of Aeronautic and Astronautic Models Address: Dashanzi Huantie, Chaoyang District Phone: (8610) 6437 2990; (8610) 6437 3015

    The China Aviation Museum Address: Datangshan, Changping District Phone: (8610) 6178 4882; (8610)6178 4883

　　Beijing Aviation Museum Address: No. 37 Xueyuan Road, Haidian DistrictPhone: (8610) 8231 7513 Website: digitalmuseum.buaa.edu.cn/index.jsp

    Sackler Museum of Art and Archeology at Peking University Address: West campus of Peking University Phone: (8610) 6275 1667

    The Tank Museum Address: No.88372 Army Unit ,Yangfang Town, Changping DistrictPhone: (8610) 6675 9901; (8610)6976 7910