Beijing Palace Museum

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:admission ticket required
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:State_Administration_of_Cultural_Heritage
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Forbidden_City
gptkb:The_Palace_Museum
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 17 million (2018)
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Chinese imperial architecture
gptkbp:area over 720,000 square meters
gptkbp:collectionSize over 1.8 million artifacts
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:director gptkb:Wang_Xudong
gptkbp:established 1925
gptkbp:exhibitionLanguage gptkb:Chinese
English
other languages
gptkbp:function gptkb:palace
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Beijing Palace Museum
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Forbidden_City
gptkbp:location gptkb:Beijing
gptkbp:mainBuilding gptkb:Hall_of_Supreme_Harmony
gptkbp:mainFunction gptkb:Meridian_Gate
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:Chinese_cuisine
gptkb:jade
gptkb:calligraphy
rare books
textiles
Chinese paintings
clocks
bronzes
imperial treasures
gptkbp:notableEvent artifacts evacuated during Second Sino-Japanese War
opened to the public in 1925
artifacts transferred to National Palace Museum in Taipei
gptkbp:numberOfRooms over 8,700
gptkbp:occupant gptkb:Qing_dynasty_emperors
gptkb:Ming_dynasty_emperors
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Tiananmen_East_Station
gptkb:Tiananmen_West_Station
gptkbp:renovated ongoing preservation projects
gptkbp:significance one of the most visited museums in the world
largest collection of Chinese imperial artifacts
symbol of Chinese culture and history
gptkbp:type gptkb:museum
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria i, ii, iv
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 1987
yes
gptkbp:website https://en.dpm.org.cn/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Taipei_National_Palace_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7