The Palace Museum
Established in 1925, the Palace Museum is housed in the former imperial palace of two consecutive dynasties - the Ming (1368-1644) and the Qing (1644-1911). Its magnificent architecture and vast imperial collection of paintings, calligraphy, ceramics and decorative objects make it one of the most prestigious museums in China and beyond. In 1961 the imperial palace was designated by the State Council as one of China's foremost-protected cultural heritage sites, and in 1987 was made a UNESCO World Heritage site. Popularly known as the Forbidden City, the museum covers an area of 720,000 square meters. Its collection comprises over a million art treasures spanning five thousand years of Chinese history with a rich concentration of art and artifacts from the Qing imperial court.
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