Palace Museum virtually prepared for digital visitors

More than 1.86 million cultural relics are housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing, China's imperial palace from 1420 to 1911, also known as the Forbidden City.

While administrators at the museum have endeavored to put more artifacts from the collections of former emperors on display, they still have to face the challenges posed by the limited exhibition space in what is the world's largest architectural complex made of wood, which has extraordinarily high standards for safety.

Fortunately, digitization creates a way for more cultural relics to be viewed by the public, often providing a better experience than seeing them in exhibition halls.