The National Palace Museum is located in Taipei, Taiwan. There is no branch in Taibao (Chiayi). The museum is renowned for having one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks in the world, with nearly 700,000 pieces in its permanent collection.
The majority of the collection was acquired by China's emperors. The museum's roots can be traced back to the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City in China. In 1925, the Palace Museum was established, and in 1933, to protect the valuable collection from the Japanese Army, many of the artifacts were moved to Shanghai.
Following the end of World War II in 1945, Chiang Kai-shek decided to evacuate the artworks to Taiwan. In 1948, the Beijing Palace Museum sent a significant portion of its collection to Taiwan, amounting to approximately 22% of their total collection.
The National Palace Museum in Taipei was officially opened in 1965, and it has undergone several expansions to accommodate its vast collection. Only a small percentage of the collection, around 1%, can be displayed at any given time, and the exhibitions are rotated every three months.
In 2020, the museum closed for a three-year renovation, during which time the entire collection was temporarily relocated to the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum. The Southern Branch, located in Taibao (Chiayi), was opened at the end of 2015 on a 70-hectare site. It aims to promote cultural equity between the north and south of Taiwan and features permanent and temporary exhibition sections that showcase art and culture from various Asian countries. The Southern Branch also houses a collection of treasures from the Qing Dynasty of China, with galleries dedicated to Buddhist art, textiles, ceramics, and special exhibitions on South Asian Jades.
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