[2] In January 2023, after receiving an approval reply from the Central Institutional Organization Commission, the Beijing city government ratified the museum's application for a name change.

Consequently, in June 2023, it was officially renamed the National Natural History Museum.

[4] The museum has been publishing the bimonthly journal Da Ziran (大自然; lit.

The gallery also features many feathered dinosaurs from Liaoning, including specimens of Confuciusornis, Microraptor, and Anchiornis.

Also on display are skulls of several prehistoric mammals, including Homotherium, Megaloceros, and Elasmotherium.

There is a large sculpture showing an Anomalocaris, along with trilobites and a Hallucigenia bursting out of the floor.