The Military Museum Located in the west sector of the city, the Museum is the largest military museum in the world, which displays rocket missiles, fighter planes, torpedo boats, tanks and guns. The Museum opens a two-part exhibition on China’s ancient warfare. The first part features weaponry and battle tactics from primitive society to the 1840 Opium War. The second part covers the period from 1840 to 1919, the beginning of modern Chinese history. The exhibition consists of 2000 cultural relics selected from museum throughout China. More than 200 historians and military scholars were involved in the preparation of the show, which includes paintings, photographs, replicas, maps, sand tables, wax sculputes, and videos.