Palace Museum begins building branch in northwestern Beijing
After years of preparation, construction of a branch of the Palace Museum formally kicked off on Wednesday in Beijing's northwestern outskirts.
The branch, covering 62 hectares in the north of Haidian district, will serve as satellite institution of the complex that was China's imperial palace from 1420 to 1911, also known as the Forbidden City.
The branch will include 35,000 square meters of exhibition space, a conservation center for cultural relics of 20,000 sq m and a warehouse of 23,000 sq m, according to Shan Jixiang, director of the Palace Museum.
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