China National Arts and Crafts Museum / China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum

Two national museums in one 2022 building on the axis north of the Bird's Nest — jade, lacquer, cloisonné, embroidery and the other court-and-craft traditions on the upper floors as the Arts and Crafts Museum, and the country's intangible heritage (opera, paper-cutting, tea, the covered-bridge carpenters) as the ICH Museum below, with live demonstrations on stage days. Free, real-name booked 1-7 days ahead on the museum's WeChat official account or website, closed Mondays — and the museum's own rules name foreign visitors explicitly: passport holders book online and enter with the QR code. The one museum here that reads like a national gallery rather than a science hall.