National Palace Museum opens restoration show on 8 October
Published on 10/04/2026 at 08:03 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
The National Palace Museum opens its Exhibition of Cultural Relics Restoration in Taipei on 8 October 2026. The museum, also known as the National Palace Museum in English-language visitor information, will present the exhibition in Exhibition Hall I through 3 January 2027.
Restoration exhibition opens at the museum on 8 October
The exhibition is scheduled for 8 October 2026 to 3 January 2027 in galleries 105 and 107 of Exhibition Hall I at the Northern Branch. Its official title is Reviving Cultural Treasures: Conservation and Restoration, while the museum’s exhibition calendar lists it as Exhibition of Cultural Relics Restoration.
The programme examines preservation and conservation through recent research findings and selected case studies. The museum says the display covers conservation treatments, scientific examinations and the decisions involved in protecting cultural objects.
The exhibition also places practical work behind museum displays at the centre of the visit. Visitors will encounter the relationship between material examination, structural observation, scientific analysis and traditional craftsmanship, rather than a presentation limited to finished objects. The official exhibition information gives the dates, galleries and subject of the programme.
How the restoration show fits the Taipei museum
The museum’s Northern Branch stands in Waishuangxi in Taipei’s Shilin District. Its present building was completed in August 1965, and the National Palace Museum opened to the public there on 13 November 1965. The palace-style structure has four storeys, with green tiled roofs, yellow ridges and ornamental corbels.
The site’s history helps explain the focus of the October exhibition. The museum’s collections include objects associated with the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing courts, as well as paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, porcelain, jade, textiles, rare books and historical documents. Conservation is therefore connected to the care of varied materials, not only to the repair of a single category of artwork.
The Waishuangxi building was created after the collection had been moved to Taiwan and the earlier Beigou location in Taichung was considered too remote for visitors. The museum’s account records that 1,573 objects were displayed when the Taipei building opened internally on 12 November 1965. Its Taipei history and collection overview describes the move from Beigou to the purpose-built museum in 1965.
Visiting National Palace Museum: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The Exhibition of Cultural Relics Restoration runs from 8 October 2026 to 3 January 2027 in galleries 105 and 107 of Exhibition Hall I.
- The programme concerns conservation treatments, scientific examinations and selected case studies; it is an exhibition rather than a change to the museum’s general access arrangements.
- The Northern Branch is at No. 221, Section 2, Zhishan Road, Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. The venue is in the northern part of Taipei.
- The building is a four-storey palace-style museum with galleries arranged across the structure, so the exhibition visit takes place inside a substantial museum complex rather than at an outdoor monument.
- Taiwan’s official language is Mandarin Chinese and its national currency is the New Taiwan dollar.
- Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.
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Frequently asked questions about National Palace Museum
When does the Exhibition of Cultural Relics Restoration take place at National Palace Museum?
It runs from 8 October 2026 to 3 January 2027 in Exhibition Hall I galleries 105 and 107.
What is National Palace Museum?
It is a museum in Taipei whose collections include paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, porcelain, jade, rare books and historical documents connected with Chinese court and cultural history.
Where is National Palace Museum and how do you get there?
The Northern Branch is at No. 221, Section 2, Zhishan Road, in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan.
