Embracing the Orient and the Occident

The exhibition Embracing the Orient and the Occident: When the Silk Road Meets the Renaissance brings together 200 cultural relics and artworks collected from dozens of Italian and Chinese museums to tell a story of commonality between East and West - and all the communities in between - woven together by the exchange that took place over centuries along the ancient Silk Road.

Learn more here.

If you go:
9 am -5 pm, closed on Mondays, through Aug 19. National Museum of China, 16 East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng district. 010-6511-6188.
Tickets: 50 yuan (20 yuan for students)