Experimental autoimmune myocarditis(EAM) animal models have played very important role in the research on mechanism, diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis. This article summarizes the establishment and evaluation of EAM models induced by myocardial autoantigen, myocardial autoantigen epitope, activated autoimmune cell and lactobacillus cell wall extract, which clarifies characteristics and evaluation methods of various models and provides an effective basis for objective establishment of EAM models.