Palace Museum (Beijing)

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The Palace Museum (Beijing) is China’s national museum housed in the Forbidden City, renowned for its vast collection of imperial art and artifacts from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Palace Museum	10
Palace Museum, Beijing	2
Forbidden City imperial collections	1
Palace Museum (Beijing) canonical	1
Palace Museum complex	1
The Forbidden City Palace Museum	1
The Palace Museum	1
museum of Qing history and culture	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum ⓘ history museum ⓘ museum ⓘ national museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Palace Museum (Beijing) ⓘ surface form: The Forbidden City Palace Museum Palace Museum (Beijing) ⓘ surface form: The Palace Museum
annualVisitorsEstimate	over 10 million visitors per year ⓘ
architecturalStyle	traditional Chinese palace architecture ⓘ
ChineseName	故宫 ⓘ surface form: 故宫博物院
collectionFocus	Chinese calligraphy ⓘ Chinese ceramics ⓘ Chinese painting ⓘ Ming dynasty art ⓘ Qing dynasty art ⓘ bronzes ⓘ imperial archives ⓘ imperial artifacts ⓘ jade artifacts ⓘ
collectionSizeEstimate	over 1,800,000 objects ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
formerFunctionOfSite	imperial palace of the Ming dynasty ⓘ imperial palace of the Qing dynasty ⓘ
governingBody	Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ State Administration of Cultural Heritage ⓘ surface form: State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China
hasMainEntrance	Meridian Gate ⓘ
hasNotableArea	Imperial Garden ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding	Hall of Central Harmony ⓘ Hall of Preserving Harmony ⓘ Hall of Supreme Harmony ⓘ Hall of Union ⓘ Palace of Earthly Tranquility ⓘ Palace of Heavenly Purity ⓘ
hasNotableSection	Inner Court ⓘ Outer Court ⓘ
heritage	Ming dynasty imperial palace ⓘ Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang ⓘ surface form: Qing dynasty imperial palace
inception	1925 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn	Beijing ⓘ Dongcheng District, Beijing ⓘ Forbidden City ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
occupies	Forbidden City ⓘ surface form: Forbidden City complex
openingDate	1925-10-10 ⓘ
partOf	Historic Centre of Beijing ⓘ surface form: Historic Centre of Beijing and its Imperial Palaces
significance	China’s national museum of Chinese art and history ⓘ one of the largest museums in the world by collection size ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteStatus	located within a World Heritage Site ⓘ
website	https://www.dpm.org.cn ⓘ