- Publisher: National Palace Museum
- Date of publication: October 2025
The National Palace Museum is home to treasured collections of artifacts. To a greater extent, it is a depository of collective memories spanning millenniums. In 2025, the Museum is celebrating a significant milestone: the centennial of a transformative journey from an imperial collection to a museum for all since its inception in 1925, the 75th anniversary since the artifacts were moved into the storehouses in Beigou, Taiwan, and the 60th anniversary of the inauguration of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, the permanent home for the precious artifacts. The year 2025 also marks the 10th anniversary of the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum. To commemorate these meaningful occasions, the Museum is presenting Enduring Legacy: A Centennial Celebration of the National Palace Museum. With the momentum nourished for a century, the exhibition is a retrospective of the path the Museum has treaded in Taiwan in the past six decades. It is also an outlook into the infinite possibilities the future holds.
- Publisher: National Palace Museum
- Date of publication: October 2025
The “Elegant Gathering in the Western Garden,” one of the most famous legends in Chinese cultural history, is said to have been a grand get-together held in the Northern Song capital of Bianjing (modern Kaifeng) that was attended by such literary and artistic luminaries as Su Shi (1037-1101), Huang Tingjian (1045-1105), Li Gonglin (1049-1106), Mi Fu (1052-1108), and Wang Shen (ca. 1048-1104). Though modern scholars have concluded that the meeting likely never took place, for many centuries, this romanticized event involving famous literati was passed down and became the prototype for scholarly gatherings through the ages.
- Publisher: National Palace Museum
- Date of publication: March 2025
This book is a continuation of the National Palace Museum Chronicle of Major Events Across the Century, inheriting both the title and editorial spirit established by late former Director Ch’in Hsiao-yi. It records the important development of the Museum from 2000 to 2024. Covering aspects such as organizational evolution, collection management, exhibitions and display, educational outreach, and digital development, it aims to preserve a complete historical account of the Museum in the early 21st century, providing various sectors with a comprehensive introduction to the Museum’s achievements in carrying forward 7000 years of Chinese cultural heritage.
- Publisher: National Palace Museum
- Date of publication: March 2025
Following the precedent of National Palace Museum Chronicle of Major Events, this book adopts a chronological timeline format. The content is detailed and rigorously structured, with original documents and relevant publications fully cited and references provided. Clear guidelines are explained regarding the use of personal names, dates, and translations. Photographs are also included chronologically—most sourced from the Museum History Archives—to present significant moments in the Museum’s development. Although some photos have become slightly blurred over time, they continue to hold valuable documentary value.
- Publisher: National Palace Museum
- Date of publication: October 2020
To protect national treasures, the National Palace Museum collection was relocated southwards after the Mukden Incident, arriving in Taiwan in 1949 and temporarily stored in Beigou, Taichung. Despite difficult conditions, the artifacts were organized, preserved, researched, and published, later being opened to the public in 1957. In 1965, due to Beigou’s remote location, the Museum was moved to Waishuangxi in Taipei, where new facilities were constructed. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the collection’s relocation to Taiwan, the Museum published The Beigou Legacy, documenting the early relocation process and the dedication of those who safeguarded the artifacts.
- Publisher: National Palace Museum
- Date of publication: 2000
Using a chronological timeline format, this book records the major developmental milestones of the National Palace Museum from its establishment in 1924 to the end of the 20th century. The content is divided into two main parts: the first focuses on the period of “founding, relocation, and re-establishment,” documenting the Museum’s transformation from an imperial court museum into a national museum.
- Publisher: National Palace Museum
- Date of publication: 2000
The second part of this book series examines the period of “expansion, transformation, and growth,” showing the National Palace Museum’s gradual evolution into a world-class museum. Through detailed text and precious photographic materials, this book not only reviews the dedication of generations of scholars and cultural guardians but also presents the critical moments in which the Museum expanded its cultural legacy and international influence.