Qiang Nationality Museum

Built in 2000, the Beijing National Costume Museum is the first extensive collection of traditional ethnic attire. The institution’s large exhibition area holds over 10,000 pieces in seven display galleries. The museum’s exhibits are a “must see” for those interested in Chinese heritage and culture.
The museum has nearly 1,000 rare pictures recording the Yi, Tibetan and Qiang nationalities’ lives in the 1930s.

The seven exhibition halls include examples of the traditional dress of China’s ethnic minorities, the Miao nationality, and Han nationality. Also on display are textiles and embroidery, ornamentation, an exhibition of the 2008 Beijing Olympics costuming, and photographs of ethnic minorities in traditional attire.

Beijing National Costume Museum has seven exhibition halls including a metalworking jewelry hall, an ethnic minorities’ costume hall, a textiles and embroidery hall, an old photos hall, a Miao nationality costume hall, a Han nationality costume hall and the Olympic costume hall. The museum mainly displays China’s ethnic minorities’ traditional costumes and their colorful cultures.