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Alice Yan

The Forbidden City in Beijing has opened a museum in southeastern China to display some of its foreign cultural treasures, China News Service reported.

The facility, which opened last Saturday on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, Fujian province, is the first branch of the former imperial residence, also known as the Palace Museum, outside of Beijing.
The museum also released a list of its foreign collection, which comprises some 13,000 artefacts in 11 categories, originating from Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Italy, Austria, the US, Bulgaria, Japan and North Korea.

Most of them were collected by emperors from the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), with others bought from the public or donated by individuals.
The museum said the exhibits in Gulangyu would be changed every three to six months.
Shan Qixiang, director of the museum in Beijing, said it had some 1.8 million cultural artefacts, and only 1 per cent of them could be displayed at any one time due to a lack of space.

Among the foreign artefacts in the museum, 10 per cent are various kinds of clocks and watches.
A research department for foreign items would be established at the museum this year, Shan said, including a separate office for Western timepieces.


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Forbidden City opens Fujian branch to display Western treasures

Admiring an ornate British clock at the Fujian museum. Photo: Xinhua

(170513) -- XIAMEN, May 13, 2017 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views the gold-plated brass mirror with revolving figure and glass inlay from Britain at the new branch of the Beijing-based Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 13, 2017. The Beijing-based Palace Museum on Saturday opened a new branch to exhibit foreign antiques on the resort island of Gulangyu in Fujian. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)(mcg)

(170512) -- XIAMEN, May 12, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 10, 2017 shows the new branch of the Palace Museum in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The Palace Museum will open a new museum of foreign antiques on May 13 in Xiamen. Located on the resort island of Gulangyu, the museum takes up 11,000 square meters of land, and will feature china, pottery and enamel vessels from Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, among others. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)(mcg)

(170512) -- XIAMEN, May 12, 2017 (Xinhua) -- A staff worker cleans the showcase at the new branch of the Palace Museum in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 10, 2017. The Palace Museum will open a new museum of foreign antiques on May 13 in Xiamen. Located on the resort island of Gulangyu, the museum takes up 11,000 square meters of land, and will feature china, pottery and enamel vessels from Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, among others. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)(mcg)

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Palace museum extension shows off part of its collection of about 13,000 foreign artefacts


Forbidden City opens Fujian branch to display Western treasures

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Palace museum extension shows off part of its collection of about 13,000 foreign artefacts