Taipei Palace Museum celebrates centennial with special exhibition

The Forbidden City – the vast complex of imperial palaces standing as a living heritage at the heart of Beijing – opened its gates to the public for the first time on October 10, 1925, marking the transformation of this magnificent architectural masterpiece that was once home to the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties into a museum, and earning it a new name: the Palace Museum.

As the Palace Museum in Beijing celebrates its centennial with the special exhibition "A Century of Stewardship: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum," some 2,000 kilometers away in Taiwan, the Palace Museum in Taipei is also celebrating this milestone.

The Taipei Palace Museum has launched a special exhibition showcasing over 100 pieces of paintings, calligraphy, rare books, antiquities, archival materials and digital works. Together, these exhibits trace the institution's century-long journey and the evolving ways its treasured collections have been perceived, preserved and presented.