Access more areas as Palace Museum celebrates 90 years
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Beijing鈥檚 Palace Museum is to open more areas to tourists and hold 18 new exhibitions this year to mark the 90th anniversary of its establishment in the Forbidden City.
More than 80 percent of the items to go on display have never been seen by the public before, said museum curator Shan Jixiang.
A permanent digital display on the main watchtower at the southern end of the complex will screen content about the complex.
Exhibitions will display paintings and calligraphy, bronze and clay sculptures, jade, porcelain, architectural designs, old photographs and information about the recovery and preservation of cultural relics.
The Forbidden City was home to China鈥檚 emperors and the highest center of power from 1420 to 1911. It attracts more than 15 million visitors a year.
More than 180 million cultural relics have been registered in the museum鈥檚 collection.
Shan said that 65 percent of the Forbidden City will be open to the public this year, up from 52 percent.
The new areas include the western section, where concubines lived.
The garden of the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, where empresses lived, is one of the museum鈥檚 four major gardens and can be visited from August this year. Some 400 cultural relics will be on show there.
Currently, the museum is waiving entrance fees on the first Wednesday of each month, a policy which will remain in place until next month.
It has also provided free entrance to more than 5,000 Chinese teachers, college students, soldiers and police officers.
Adult entrance is usually 60 yuan (US$9.6) from April to October and 40 yuan the rest of the year.
A free app 鈥 鈥淭he Palace Museum鈥 鈥 is available on Apple鈥檚 App Store.
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