Rating: National First-Class Museum
Opening Hours:
From Tuesdays to Sundays: 9:00-16:30 (last entry at 16:00) (except for statutory holidays). In case of special circumstances, further notices will be given.
Reservation/Ticketing: Free of charge
Individual visitors do not need to make reservations and can enter by presenting their ID documents (passports or Foreign Permanent Resident ID Cards). Group visitors are required to make reservations on phone five working days in advance at +86-10-57311896.
Address: 45 Wenxueguan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Phone Number: +86-10-57311800
Description: The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature is a Category I social welfare public institution under the administration of the China Writers Association. It is the earliest of its kind in China and the largest literature-themed museum in the world, serving as a treasure trove and a publicity platform for the China Writers Association and the literary community in China. Established in 1985, the original venue was located in the west courtyard of Wanshou Temple, and the new venue is located at 45 Wenxueguan Road, Shaoyaoju, Chaoyang District, which was opened to the public on May 23, 2000. The museum has been rated as a National First-Class Museum in 2024. The former residence of Mao Dun, located at 13 Houyuan'ensi Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, is also affiliated with the museum and is a cultural heritage site of the third batch of the cultural relics under the municipal-level protection in Beijing and among the first Immovable Revolutionary Cultural Relics in Beijing.
The museum currently has 929,800 collectibles, including 203,900 cultural relics, which encompass books, periodicals, manuscripts, letters, diaries, audio recordings, video recordings, photos, calligraphic works, paintings, and other physical objects. To date, 649 collectibles have been registered and graded, with 140 identified as the First-Class Cultural Relics, 300 as Second-Class, and 209 as Third-Class. In 2022, 65 pieces and sets of movable cultural relics from the collection of the museum were selected for the second Revolutionary Cultural Relics List in Beijing.