Art Gallery - 1st Floor Taiwan National Palace Museum

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First Floor Taiwan National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院)

Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan  - November 2017

The National Palace Museum, located in Taipei and Taibao, Taiwan, has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest of its type in the world. The collection encompasses 8,000 years of history of Chinese art from the Neolithic age to the modern.

These are artwork from the galleries on the first floor. Due to photography angle some of the photos have been truncated and these photos here only gives a representation of what I saw really saw; nothing beats going there to see them for yourselves. Click below to navigate to other floors.

Enjoy!

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Taiwan National Palace Museum 1st Floor Gallery 101:
Compassion & Wisdom: Religious Sculptural Arts

Display different forms of Buddha arising from the various scriptures through of the various Chinese Dynasties.

Taiwan National Palace Museum 1st Floor Gallery 102:
Orientation Gallery

This gallery gets visitors acquainted with the various Chinese art forms and history from Neolithic Age to the various dynasties.

Taiwan National Palace Museum 1st Floor Gallery 103:
Rare Books & Historical Documents

Display of rare documents such as treaties, pacts and even paintings depicting historical military campaigns.

These are artwork from the galleries on the first floor. Click below to navigate to other floors.

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First Floor Layout Plan National Palace Museum Taipei
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National Palace Museum
(國立故宮博物院)
No. 221, Sec 2, Zhi Shan Rd, Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan 111.
Entry fee: NTD 250
Hours:
Sundays to Thursdays: 8:30am to 6:30pm     |     Fridays & Saturdays: 8:30am to 9:00pm
Website: https://www.npm.gov.tw/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/npmgov/
GPS & Direction Map: 25.10235, 121.54849

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