Search
  • Home
  • Media center
    • News
    • Biz updates
    • Life
    • Specials
    • Videos
    • Photos
  • Government
    • News release
    • Personnel changes
    • Annual reports
    • Officials
    • Bureaus
  • Living
    • Life
    • Dining
    • Shopping
    • Entertainment
    • Arts
      • Craftworks
      • Theater performances
      • Museums
      • Galleries
      • Art zones
    • Transportation
    • Services
    • FAQ
  • Doing business
    • Biz updates
    • Introduction
    • Planning
    • Procedures
    • Policies
    • Industries
    • Industrial parks
    • Enterprises
  • Visiting
    • Travel log
    • Attractions
      • Historical
      • Parks
      • Religious
      • Museums
      • Nature
      • Landmarks
    • Itineraries
    • Maps
    • Transportation
    • Hotels
    • Dining
  • Study
    • Student stories
    • Overview
    • Universities
    • Scholarships
    • Services
    • Learning Chinese
    • Testing
  • About
    • Profiles
    • Maps
    • Districts
    • Special areas
    • Festivals and events
    • History
  • Events
    • Dates
    • Categories
  • Forum
 
Home / Forbidden City

China's Palace Museum collects 1.8 mln items

Updated: 2014-05-19 (Xinhua)
  • printer
  • mail

China's Palace Museum collects 1.8 mln items

Palace Museum outlines its steps to preserve site 

China's Palace Museum collects 1.8 mln items

10 little known facts of the Palace Museum

The number of cultural relics owned by the the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, has surpassed 1.8 million, the museum curator told Xinhua on Sunday.

The museum has registered a total of 1,807,558 cultural relics in its collection, according to Shan Jixiang.

About 1.68 million of the items are classed as very precious, meaning the museum has 42 percent of all such items kept in museums cross the country, Shan said.

However, the curator warned that a great deal of the collection is damaged and is in need of proper restoration and preservation.

Shan said the museum only has room to showcase about 10,000 cultural relics each year and it may take over 100 years for the entire collection to be put on display to the public.

He said the museum is planning to make more areas of the Forbidden City open to the public, from the current 52 percent of its total area to 65 percent next year, and later 76 percent.

He also pledged more efforts to develop cultural relics-related products to make the country's cultural treasures easier to access for the public.

Related: Palace Museum, home to many 'mosts' and 'firsts'

Souvenirs that carry the Palace Museum spirit

News:
  • Capital-bound plane circles Inner Mongolia
  • Heat won't come on ahead of schedule
  • Property company fined 300,000 yuan
  • Thousands crowd Fragrant Hills park
  • Palace souvenirs selling hot
  • Flag of Peace painting exhibition held in Beijing
  • Beijing becomes new 'valley'
  • Hike in fare not foul but could be fairer
  • Representative found to be unrepresentative
  • Tourists take wrong turn in the smog
Specials:
Two exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of the Sino-French relationship kicked off at the Association des Amis de Nouvelles d'Europe in the French capital, Paris, on Sept 8.
A French Doctor in Beijing read more
Videos:
The 90s: The true me read more

Turn the page and discover Beijing in all its eclectic delights.

Explore the charm of the city in our promo videos

    • Contact
    • Site Map
    • Disclaimer
Copyright @ 2011 China Daily All Rights Reserved Sponsored by Beijing Municipal Government Powered by China Daily              京ICP备10023870号-9