Tianjin Museum opens from Tuesday to Sunday at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 16:30 p.m. Closed on Monday (Holiday is not closed) is a comprehensive museum of history and art. Its predecessor can be traced back to Tianjin Museum established in 1918, and it is one of the earliest museums in China. Tianjin Museum opened to the outside world free of charge at the end of 2007 and was awarded the first-class national museum in 2008. It is the National Youth patriotism education base.