Huashi Community Museum

Huashi Community Museum

The Huashi Community Museum serves as a base for science education, patriotic education, and national defense education.

The Huashi Community Museum in Donghuashi Subdistrict was established in September 2008 as Beijing’s first subdistrict-level community museum dedicated to collecting, displaying, and inheriting Huashi’s traditional culture, as well as promoting and spreading the spirit of patriotism. Located underground between Buildings 8–9 of Huazhou Garden Community in Huashi, the museum covers an area of 1,880 square meters and houses 1 historical corridor, 8 exhibition halls, 1 studio, 1 cultural and sports activity room, 1 civil defense education and publicity command center, and 1 national defense education base. It displays intangible cultural heritage items at both the national and municipal levels—including “Beijing Silk Flowers,” “Grape Vinegar Ware,” “Beijing Glassware,” “Beijing Silk Figurines,” and “Velvet Flowers (Velvet Birds)”—as well as personal collections from some local residents. These exhibits vividly recreate the former prosperity of the old Beijing “Huashi Street.” The museum has been recognized as a “National Advanced Unit for Defense Education,” a “Capital Spiritual Civilization Construction Advanced Unit,” and one of the first “Science Education Bases” in Dongcheng District.

The Huashi Community Museum emphasizes regional cultural identity and highlights its educational function. Through the display and hands-on experience of traditional handicrafts, exhibitions of historical artifacts related to Huashi, and a series of patriotic education activities, it has become an important educational base for community residents—especially young people—to connect emotionally, perceive history, understand the present, and explore the future. In the museum’s studio, master artisans regularly teach traditional handicraft skills; the civil defense education center features experience zones for earthquake and fire escape scenarios to help visitors acquire first aid skills; and the national defense education base houses a large collection of objects and models that use images, text, sound, and visual displays to enhance interest and disseminate defense knowledge. In addition, the subdistrict has also created a “Virtual Huashi Community Museum,” allowing everyone to experience the charm of Huashi culture online without leaving home. Focusing on themes such as patriotism and education in socialist core values, the museum also makes full use of the area’s cultural resources to regularly organize special events including “Caring for National Defense, Loving the Country and Home,” red memorabilia exhibitions, red storytelling sessions, stamp exhibitions, “Red Film Screening Weeks,” and “Youth Learning Huashi Traditions and Loving the Huashi Community.” These efforts have achieved a win-win of promoting mainstream values and enriching residents’ cultural lives, earning widespread popularity among locals.

Address: Underground between Buildings 8–9, Huazhou Garden, Huashi Street, Dongcheng District

Hours: 9:00–11:00   14:00–17:00 (Closed on holidays)

Admission: Free (advance phone reservation required)

Phone: 67166227

Bus routes: Take bus 8 or 12 to Xiaoshikou Station, then walk to Huazhou Garden residential area and continue 200 meters south.