Art museum is not so common in China due to relatively low average education level, but there is one that can rival against Louvre and Smithsonian. That is, the Palace Museum.
Many of you perhaps haven't heard of the Palace Museum, but you should be really familiar with the Forbidden City, an area of Beijing consisting of royal residence area, government departments and military headquarter. The Palace Museum is inside the Forbidden City, built in the 1920s that collects most of the cultural heritage of China ranging from artifacts, paintings, sculptures, weaponaries, scientific instruments and historical documents.
For a long period of time, the exhibits in the museum are missing due to the World War II, when most of the precious objects are moved to Chongqing (temporary government headquarter) and then moved to Taiwan during the Civil War. There is another 'Palace Museum' in Taiwan, built by the KMT government but now it is part of the Palace Museum of Beijing and many exhibits are beginning to be moved back to mainland China.
Therefore, the Palace Museum is not only a collection of history, itself also acts as a history document that illustrates the modern history of China.
I've definitely never heard of it but it sounds interesting!
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