🏛️ Palace Museum

People's Republic of China · Asia · 39.92°N, 116.39°E

The Palace Museum, also known as the Beijing Palace Museum, is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China. With 720,000 square metres, the museum inherited the imperial royal palaces from the Ming and Qing dynasties of China and opened to the public in 1925 after the last Emperor of China, the Xuantong Emperor (Puyi), was evicted in 1924.

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Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	39.92°N, 116.39°E · view on map

Palace Museum is located in People's Republic of China, in Asia.

More museums in People's Republic of China

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