National Palace Museum
National Palace Museum, History museum in LinXi Village, Taiwan
Description
The National Palace Museum in Shilin District is a history museum that displays over 700,000 Chinese artworks and objects across several exhibition halls and specialized galleries. The collection ranges from Neolithic pottery through imperial jade pieces to calligraphy and paintings from later centuries.
History
In the 1940s, after the Chinese Civil War, thousands of precious pieces were moved from the Forbidden City in Beijing to Taiwan to protect them from destruction. The building in Taipei opened in the mid 1960s to display and safeguard these artworks.
Culture
The name reflects the imperial collections once housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing, now displayed here for visitors to explore. People walk through rooms filled with jade carvings, bronze vessels and scrolls that show how much craftsmanship and scholarship mattered in Chinese tradition.
Practical
The museum opens daily at 8:30 AM, with doors staying open until 9:00 PM on Fridays and Saturdays. Because the collection is so large, plan to spend a few hours and wear comfortable shoes.
Did you know?
One of the most recognized objects is a cabbage carved from jadeite, with tiny insects hidden among its leaves. The piece shows how sculptors used natural color tones in the stone to bring everyday subjects to life.
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