National Palace Museum Facts for Kids

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National Palace Museum
國立故宮博物院

Established	October 10, 1925 in Beijing 12 November 1965 in Taipei
Location	Shilin District, Taipei, Republic of China
Type	National museum
Collection size	696,373 (as of December 2015)
Visitors	5,301,860 (2015)

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. Most things in the collection are high quality pieces collected by China's ancient emperors.

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The National Palace Museum treasure fleeing Japanese forces in the 1930s
Main Hall of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum.
Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum
Paifang of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum.
Zhishan Garden
Administration building of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum
The Mao Gong Ding, 9th century BC
The San Family Plate, 9th century BC
The Narcissus Basin with Light Bluish-green Glaze, Ru ware, c. 1086 – c. 1106.
The Jadeite Cabbage, 19th century.
The Seated Portrait of Emperor Taizu of Song, c. 960–76.
The Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, by Fan Kuan, c. 1000.
The Early Spring, by Guo Xi, 1072.
The Wind in Pines Among a Myriad Valleys, by Li Tang, 1124.
The Immortal in Splashed Ink, by Liang Kai, c. 1200.
The Walking on a Mountain Path in Spring, by Ma Yuan, 13th century.
A palace concert, c. 836 – c. 907.
The Seated Portrait of Xuande Emperor, c. 1425–35.
The Herd of Deer in a Maple Grove, c. 1031–48.
The Portrait of Kublai Khan, by Liu Guandao, c. 1271–94.
The Portrait of Empress Chabi, c. 1271–81.
The Magpies and Hare, by Cui Bai, 1061.
The Listening Quietly to Soughing Pines, by Ma Lin, 13th century.
The Man Herding Horses, c. 12th century.
The Homeward Oxherds in Wind and Rain, by Li Di, 12th century.
The Lofty Mt.Lu, by Shen Zhou, 1467.