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Dec 24, 2019 · Housing over 690,000 artefacts, the National Palace Museum in Taipei is a treasure trove of Chinese culture. Evacuated from the Forbidden City to Taiwan in 1948 amidst the panic of the Chinese Civil War, the collection provides an in-depth view of the beauty of Chinese history from the Neolithic to the modern era.
Apr 28, 2024 · The museum is generally regarded as the most important repository of ancient Chinese artifacts in the world. Why is that? Well, over half a million artifacts were carried from their original location, the Palace Museum in Beijing, across China and then over to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War.
Now, the Palace Museum, which houses one of the world’s largest collection of Chinese artifacts and artworks, is opening its (digital) doors to a new audience. BBC’s Kerry Allen reports that...
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More than 8000 years of Chinese history, from the Neolithic to the modern era, are to be found at the National Palace Museum, Taipei. The museum's collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient...
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NT$350 (NT$500 with multimedia guide device rental) Tickets for the museum are also included in the Unlimited Taipei Fun Pass.
Free guided tours are available in English at 10:00 and 15:00 (online booking required). Alternatively, you can purchase an English headphoneguidefor NT$200. Also check out the beautiful Chinese gardenlocated next door to the palace museum. They have very strict security on the door, so you’ll need to use their lockers to store any bags, cameras or...
Closest MRT: Shilin Station (red line) Then take the R30 bus from Shilin MRT station, every 30 minutes. Journey time 15 minutes. This is also one of the stops on the Sightseeing Bustour. Alternatively, you could visit the museum as part of a cycling tour I’ve devised.
Nov 19, 2019 · November 19, 2019 Taipei Expat. Nearly every guide to Taipei recommends a visit to the iconic National Palace Museum, and for good reason: it houses over 600,000 artefacts and artworks from imperial China, spanning 8,000 years of history. That makes it the largest collection of ancient Chinese artefacts in the world (yes, more than in China ...
Dec 23, 2023 · Founded in 1925, the National Palace Museum houses one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese artifacts and artwork in the world. The museum consists of over 700,000 items in its collection–that’s an impressive amount of artifacts to see!
