[Photo via the Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau]

Recently, the upgraded bilingual version 3.0 of the Voice of Beijing digital cultural platform has been launched. International visitors now have free access to professionally narrated English audio guides at the first group of 12 participating museums across the city. As part of the Voice of Beijing · Museums project, professional broadcasters from Beijing Radio & Television Station have recorded high-quality English audio commentaries for these museums, including Confucius Temple and Imperial Academy Museum, Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum, etc.

Foreign tourists can access the free audio guides by scanning on-site QR codes or visiting the Voice of Beijing platform (“听听北京之声” WeChat mini program),  gaining deeper insight into Beijing’s rich history and culture while having a better experience at museums. 

List of the First Group of 12 Museums Offering Free English Audio Guides:

1. Confucius Temple and Imperial Academy Museum

2. Beijing Art Museum

3. Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum

4. Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum

5. Temple of Enlightenment

6. Beijing Dabaotai Tomb Site Museum 

7. Beijing Water Gate Ruin of Jin Zhongdu

8. Beijing White Dagoba Temple

9. Beijing Museum for Cultural Heritage Exchanges (Zhihua Temple)

10. Lao She Memorial

11. China Railway Museum

12. The Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture