National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum (traditional Chinese: 國立故宮博物院; simplified Chinese: 国立故宫博物院; pinyin: Guólì Gùgōng Bówùyuàn) is a museum in Shilin, Taipei, Republic of China. It is one of the national museums of the Republic of China. It has nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks. It is one of the largest museums in the world.[6] Most things in the collection are high quality pieces collected by China's ancient emperors.
| National Palace Museum | |
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| 國立故宮博物院 | |
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| Established | October 10, 1925 in Beijing 12 November 1965 in Taipei |
| Location | Shilin District, Taipei, Republic of China |
| Type | National museum |
| Collection size | 696,422 (as of December 2016)[1] |
| Visitor figures | 6,142,892 (2016)[2][3][4] |
| Director | Lin Jeng-yi (林正儀)[5] |
| Website | www.npm.gov.tw (in English) |
Gallery
Paifang of the National Palace Museum.
Huabiao in front of the National Palace Museum.
Chinese guardian lions in front of the Museum.
Zhishan Garden
The Jadeite Cabbage
The Meat-shaped Stone length
A Ming Dynasty statue of Buddhist deity, Guanyin.
National Palace Museum Media
The National Palace Museum treasure fleeing Japanese forces in the 1930s
Main Hall of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum
A scene from the Zhishan Garden of the National Palace Museum, showing the view that the main building of the Palace Museum faces north to the south, with mountains and water on its back
至德園望雲亭。
Administration building of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum
The Pan water vessel with coiling dragon pattern, c. 14th – Mid 11th century BC
The Zong-zhou Zhong (Bell of Zhou), 9th century BC
The Mao Gong Ding, 9th century BC
The San Family Plate, 9th century BC
References
- ↑ List of Categories in the Collection (29 January 2017)National Palace Museum.
- ↑ Visitor figures 2016 (29 January 2017)National Palace Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ↑ National Palace Museum Annual Report 2015 (April 2016). Taipei: National Palace Museum. p. 69. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ↑ "Top 10 Art Museum Attendance". The Art Newspaper. March 2016. http://theartnewspaper.com/reports/visitor-figures-2015/jeff-koons-is-the-toast-of-paris-and-bilbao/. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ List of Categories in the Collection (29 January 2017)National Palace Museum.
- ↑ Peter Enav (12 May 2009). National art collection evokes hard history. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/arts-%26-leisure/2009/05/12/207758/p2/National-art.htm. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
