Introduction
- Perhaps the most popular tourist destination of Beijing, the Palace Museum receives tens of millions of visitors a year. Established in 1925, it is installed in the former imperial palace of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties – popularly known as the Forbidden City. In 1987 it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Read more
Exhibitions
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Exquisite Qing Dynasty hanging screens on display in Beijing This is your chance to explore traditional Chinese décor at the Palace Museum’s first-ever special exhibition on Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) hanging screens. Date: July 6, 2024 - Nov 3, 2024 Read more
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Exhibition features Palace Museum, Dunhuang Two Chinese cultural heritage sites have joined hands to present a major exhibition highlighting their lasting glamour and the significance of the ancient Silk Road. Date: Sept 17, 2021 - Nov 26, 2021 Read more
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Palace Museum celebrates the debut of exhibition and hall for woodblocks The Palace Museum in Beijing boasts an extensive treasury of courtly woodblocks, furnishing compelling material evidence for the historical research of China's classical literature, printing and courts. Date: Starting from Oct 31, 2023 Read more
Brilliant Collection
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Celadon ewer decorated with phoenix head from the Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty (618-907)
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Authentic calligraphy of Li Bai in the collection of the Palace Museum Tang Dynasty (618-907)
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The Palace Museum collection portrays ancient literary gatherings Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Stories
Meet Qi Haonan, a clock restorer from the Forbidden City
Palace Museum antique timepiece restorer Qi Haonan has recently given a pair of pagoda clock automata from the Summer Palace a new lease of life. In the past years handling those former royal collection, he also finds clues to the cultural communication between the East and the West.
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