国家博物馆的前身是国立历史博物馆筹备处,于1912年7月9日成立,是中国历史上第一所由政府筹设并直接管理的公立博物馆,到现在已有百年历史。纵观国家博物馆百年历史,自创立之初的国立历史博物馆筹备处到现在的国家博物馆,名称几经更换,馆址建筑也屡次变迁。从国子监旧址到端门午门,从端门午门到天安门广场,从旧中国到新中国,从革命博物馆、历史博物馆到国家博物馆,百年间它极大地推动了中国文化的发展 The predecessor of the National Museum is the Preparatory Office of the National Museum of History, which was established on July 9, 1912. It was the first public museum to be directly managed by the government in Chinese history and has now reached a hundred-year history. Throughout the centuries-old history of the National Museum, since the founding of the National Museum of History in the early days of its establishment, the name of the National Museum has changed from time to time, and the site architecture has been repeatedly changed. From the site of the Imperial Academy to the end of the gate, from the gated gate to Tiananmen Square, from the old China to the new China, from the Revolutionary Museum and the History Museum to the National Museum, it has greatly promoted the development of Chinese culture in the past century