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| Specimen Collection |
| The collection building ˇ° Tian Jiabing Buildingˇ± was constructed with donation of RMB 2 million Yuan from Mr. Tian Jiabing and allocation of RMB 3 million Yuan from Beijing Municipality. Covering an area of 3,600 square meters, it is the largest in scale, best in equipment, most completed in function, and most efficiently used of its kind in China. The museum owns 200,000 pieces of specimens ranging from zoology, botany, paleontology to anthropology, some of which rank as rarity no matter in China or in the world. |
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| Sinornis Santensis Caudipteyx |
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| Huso dauricus Acer florinii |
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| Cassis comuta Nautilus pompilius |
 Nyctea scandiac |
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| 1951 |
| Beijing Museum of Natural History grew out of the preparation department of National Central Museum of Natural History founded in 1951. |
| 1962 |
| Beijing Museum of Natural History was formally named in 1962. |
| 1979 |
| In 1979, the museum initiated the Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums that is playing more and more important role in the museum field today. |
| 1980 |
| Thereafter, Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum and Nature started publication in 1980. |
| 1982 |
| The Illustration of Biological History was edited and published in 1982. |
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