The National Palace Museum 國立博物院

Some photos of the National Palace Museum

Presentation of the National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum is a must-see during your visit to Taipei. Originally a repository for the imperial family’s ever-growing art collections, the museum became a haven for these works during the Chinese Civil War, which pitted the Nationalist and Communist armies against each other. It was in 1948, as the fighting escalated, that the central government decided to evacuate as many of the art objects as possible to Taiwan, where the museum wasn’t founded until 1965.
Today, the museum houses over 690,000 pieces, making it the largest collection of Chinese art in the world. A visit offers a panorama of over 8,000 years of Chinese civilization, and while only 3,000 pieces are on display at any one time, a regular rotation (every three months) of the collections on display ensures that no two visits are the same.
Amongst Tang Dynasty paintings, calligraphy, statuettes, works by the great masters of the Tang Dynasty… The museum also reserves certain rooms and exhibitions for the (re)discovery of art, notably with the help of contemporary artists who are adept at new technologies.

How to get to the National Palace Museum in Taipei?
Take Subway Line 2 (Tamsui-Xinyi Line) and get off at Shilin Station. Then take one of the following buses: R30, 815, 255, 304, 300, S18, S19, 市民小巴1, S18.
Or: Take Metro Line 1 (Wenhu line) and get off at Dazhi stop and transfer to bus 13; get off at Jiannan Road stop and transfer to bus 20.