从筹备到开馆
中国园林博物馆（The Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture）位于北京丰台区鹰山脚下、永定河畔。这片地原本是 2013 年第九届中国（北京）国际园林博览会的保留园区，2010 年起在园博园基础上加建为博物馆，2013 年 5 月正式对公众开放，是国内第一座以园林为主题的国家一级博物馆。馆区占地 6.5 万平方米，建筑面积近 5 万平方米，由主体建筑、室内展园与室外展区三部分组成。馆方把”中国园林——我们的理想家园”作为建馆理念，希望观众在这里既能看到古典园林实物，也能理解园林背后的营造思想与文化脉络，所以常被业内同行称作”有生命”的博物馆。
展陈：六大展厅串起园林史
馆内展陈围绕”中国园林”这条主线展开。展厅部分设两个基本陈列——中国古代园林厅与中国近现代园林厅，按时间顺序梳理中国园林的演变；另有四个专题厅，分别是世界名园博览厅、中国园林文化厅、中国造园技艺厅与园林互动体验厅，分别面向世界园林对照、文化解读、技艺展示和动手参与。走出展厅就是三处按 1:1 比例复原的南方实景园林——畅园、余荫山房与片石山房；室外展区则依山势布置了三处北方园林：塔影别苑、染霞山房、半亩园。南方以叠石理水见长，北方借地形造势，馆方刻意把两组对比放在同一座馆里，便有了”园中有馆、馆中有园”的空间体验。全馆展示各类植物 200 余种、山石 10 余类，已获评国家 AAAA 级旅游景区；馆藏陶器、瓷器、木器、古籍等 16 类藏品，年代跨度较大，较为完整地呈现了中国园林的发展脉络。
面向公众的科普与教育
博物馆的定位并不止于陈列展示——馆方先后挂牌全国科普教育基地、全国中小学生研学实践教育基地、北京市科普基地、首都科普主题研学基地、”红领巾爱首都”北京市少先队校外实践教育基地和北京市民终身学习示范基地，是北京市民与中小学生在自然与传统文化方面的常用去处。馆内设秘密花园园林生态体验区、科学创意实验室、公众教育中心、园林创艺工坊 4 处教学专区，常年举办亲子工作坊、专题讲座与暑期研学营；对园林专业高校，馆方与多所院校合作开设”入学第一课”，让新生在入学之初就能进入真实园林环境完成专业启蒙。日常服务对象以市民、中小学生和国内外旅游者为主，同时兼顾园林专业工作者与研究人员。
学术交流与行业协作
馆方长期与中国博物馆协会、中国风景园林学会、北京博物馆协会及国内主要文博单位保持联系，并面向多个国家开展展览互换与学术合作。馆内业务板块相对完整——学术动态、学术交流、藏品欣赏、公众教育、展览陈列各有专责；治理结构由园博馆章程与年度工作报告规范，党委委员、领导介绍、组织机构等信息定期公开，”园林之友”志愿团队章程和财务信息也在官网长期发布。透过这套公开机制，访客与同行既能了解馆藏与展览进展，也能查询合作渠道与年度运行情况。
前往与延伸阅读
博物馆位于北京丰台区鹰山脚下、永定河畔，紧邻园博大道，交通可搭乘地铁或公交至园博园周边站点下车。参观路线一般建议先走展厅看园林史脉络，再去室内三处南方实景园林细看叠石与花窗，最后到室外看三处北方园林的地形利用；若时间充裕，可顺路参加馆方举办的公众教育活动或专题讲座。官方信息——常设展、临时展、公众教育、参访预约等——均通过官方网站和微信公众号”中国园林博物馆”对外发布；与馆方长期合作的中国风景园林学会、北京博物馆协会等单位，以及各地兄弟植物园与园林博物馆，都是园林爱好者进一步做专题阅读的延伸入口。
Founding Context and Institutional Position
The Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture sits at the foot of Eagle Mountain (Yingshan) and along the Yongding River bank in Fengtai District, Beijing. The site was originally retained from the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Expo, and the museum was constructed on that garden expo ground starting in 2010 before opening to the public in May 2013; it is China’s first national-level museum dedicated to gardens and landscape architecture. Covering 65,000 square metres of site area with nearly 50,000 square metres of floor space, the institution is organised into a main hall, interior gardens and an outdoor exhibition area. Operating as a permanent public-interest cultural institution under the curatorial philosophy “Chinese Gardens — Our Ideal Homeland,” the museum aims to let visitors see real garden settings and to understand the design thinking and cultural threads behind them, hence its reputation among peers as a “living museum.”
Gallery System: Six Halls Linking the History of Chinese Gardens
The exhibition narrative runs along a single thread: Chinese gardens. The hall section comprises two basic galleries — the Chinese Classical Garden Hall and the Chinese Modern and Contemporary Garden Hall — that trace the evolution of Chinese gardens chronologically. Four thematic galleries complement them: the World Famous Gardens Hall for international comparison, the Chinese Garden Culture Hall for cultural reading, the Chinese Garden-making Crafts Hall for craft display, and the Garden Interactive Experience Hall for hands-on participation. Beyond the halls, three southern gardens are reproduced at full scale — Chang Garden, Yuyin Shanfang Garden and Pianshi Shanfang Garden — while three northern gardens (Taying Bieyuan, Ranxia Shanfang and Banmu Yuan) are laid out across the outdoor area according to the local topography. By deliberately bringing these two regional traditions into one museum, the institution creates a distinctive “garden within a museum, museum within a garden” experience. The grounds display more than 200 plant species and over ten categories of garden stones, and the museum has been designated a National AAAA Tourist Attraction. The collection comprises sixteen categories of objects including pottery, porcelain, wooden pieces and classical texts, spanning a long chronological range that together traces the evolution of Chinese garden culture.
Public Science and Education Programme
The museum’s role extends well beyond display. It has been successively designated a National Science Education Base, a National Primary and Secondary School Study-trip Practice Base, a Beijing Municipal Science Popularisation Base, a Capital Science Popularisation Themed Study Base, a “Red Scarf Loves the Capital” Beijing Young Pioneers Off-campus Practice Education Base, and a Beijing Citizen Lifelong Learning Demonstration Base, making it a regular destination for residents and primary and secondary school students interested in nature and traditional culture. Four dedicated learning zones — the Secret Garden ecology experience area, the Science Creativity Laboratory, the Public Education Centre and the Garden Creation Workshop — host ongoing parent-child workshops, lectures and summer study camps throughout the year. For landscape-architecture programmes at partner universities, the museum co-organises a “First Lesson at University” that introduces new students to real garden settings at the very start of their studies. The core audience comprises residents, primary and secondary school students and domestic and international visitors, with parallel services for horticultural professionals and researchers.
Academic Exchange and Cross-Sector Collaboration
The museum maintains long-standing ties with the Chinese Museum Association, the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, the Beijing Museum Association and major domestic museums, and runs exhibition exchanges and academic programmes with partners in several countries. Standing operations cover academic trends, academic exchange, collection appreciation, public education and exhibitions, governed by the museum’s articles of association and annual work reports; the Party committee, leadership and organisational structures are disclosed regularly, and the “Friends of the Garden” volunteer charter and financial information are also published on the official website. Through this transparent mechanism, visitors and peers can keep track of collections, exhibitions and operations, and explore collaboration or research opportunities.
Getting There and Further Reading
The museum is located at the foot of Eagle Mountain (Yingshan) on the Yongding River bank in Fengtai District, adjacent to Yuanbo Avenue. Visitors can reach the site by metro or bus, alighting at stops near the Garden Expo park. A typical route is to start in the halls for the historical overview, then move to the three full-scale southern gardens for the rockwork and lattice windows, and finish in the three northern gardens to see how topography has been incorporated; visitors with more time can join the museum’s public-education activities or special lectures. Official information, including permanent exhibitions, temporary exhibitions, public-education events and visit booking, is published through the official website and the museum’s WeChat channel under the name “中国园林博物馆”; the museum’s standing partners — the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, the Beijing Museum Association, and sister botanic gardens and museums across the country — are natural next stops for visitors seeking further specialised reading in Chinese garden culture.
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