National Palace Museum
ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks museum in Taipei, Taiwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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國立故宮博物院 | |
Established | October 10, 1925 in Beijing 12 November 1965 in Taipei |
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Location | Shilin District, Taipei, Republic of China |
Type | National museum |
Collection size | 696,422 (as of December 2016)[1] |
Visitors | 6,142,892 (2016)[2][3][4] |
Director | Lin Jeng-yi (林正儀)[5] |
Website | www.npm.gov.tw (in English) |
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