The permanent displays and collection-based thematic exhibitions at Nanjing Museum are free, but only with a real-name reservation made in advance; market-run temporary exhibitions and performances fall outside the free entry. Booking runs through the museum’s official WeChat mini program, and children can’t be booked on their own: an adult books a parent-child ticket, and adult and children are checked in together. Visitors on foreign passports book themselves, then on the day complete formalities at the green-channel window in the Service Center, bringing the original passport and the booking confirmation. You choose a morning or an afternoon slot. The trade-off: once you leave, you can’t go back in the same day, so everything you need for the visit has to fit inside one stretch. Large luggage goes into storage to the right of the main entrance before the ticket check.
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Nanjing Museum
Nanjing Museum's permanent displays cost nothing to see, though every visitor, children included, needs a real-name reservation in advance.
Typical visit
Ages
Booking
Time slots
Book a morning slot (9:00-13:00) or an afternoon slot (12:00-16:00).
Last entry
Ticket checks stop at 16:00.
Re-entry
Each ID allows one entry and exit per day, and morning-ticket holders must enter before 13:00.
Coming with kids
Children 14 and under can't book alone: an adult books a parent-child ticket and enters with them, up to three children per adult.
Luggage
Large luggage must be left at the storage point to the right of the main entrance before the ticket check.
Getting there
Take Metro Line 2 to Minggugong, leave by exit 1 and walk 300 m east.
Bus
Buses 5, 34, 36, 55, 59 and 80 stop at Zhongshanmen.
Closures
Open on Mondays that are national public holidays; closed on Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year.
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Why kids will love it
The permanent displays are free with a reservation, and families book one parent-child ticket so adults and children enter together.
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