Right on the east side of Tiananmen Square in downtown Beijing, across from the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China is a comprehensive museum focused on collecting exhibitions, archeology research, public education, and cultural exchange. The museum houses more than 1,050,000 collections and 48 exhibition halls, with many priceless collections that cannot be found anywhere else in China and the rest of the world, making it the third largest museum in the world and one of the richest collections of Chinese cultural relics. .