A glimpse of Napoleon's lost palaces in Beijing

Furniture, paintings, gilt bronzes, tapestries and textiles and other kinds of crafts dated to the 19th-century France are on show at Meet Napoleon: The Disappeared Palaces, running through June 20 at the Meet You Museum in the capital's bustling 798 art zone.

It is an activity of this year's China-France Year of Culture and Tourism, and celebrates the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-French diplomatic relations.