Museum adds thousands of artifacts

The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, said on Wednesday it has added about 55,000 cultural artifacts to its inventory, some found in storage and others uncovered while renovating a kitchen.

The museum, which was China's formal imperial palace from 1420 to 1911, now holds 1,862,690 artifacts. In 2010 there were 1,807,558 pieces in the world's most visited museum.

Some of the newly cataloged items are on display at the museum, where they'll be exhibited through April 15.