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NATIONAL
PALACE MUSUEM EXCURSION
The National Palace Museum collects, preserves, and
promotes the essence of Chinese art and crafts. Accumulated
over a thousand years by Chinese emperors and royal families,
its collections include ceramics, porcelain, calligraphy,
painting, and ritual bronzes. In addition, the Museum
also possesses many fine examples of jade, lacquer wares,
curio cabinets, enamel wares, writing accessories, carvings,
embroidery, rare books. The quality of its collections
remains unparalleled anywhere throughout the world in
the field of Chinese Art. The Museum was first established
in 1925 at Beijing and finally relocated at Taipei, Taiwan
after WWII. The Museum is now one of the most important
museums as well as research institutions throughout the
world, and it is also a "must-see" for foreign
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