This unprecedented loan of opulent artifacts provides a rare glimpse at the heritage of the Chinese Imperial Court under the Qing Dynasty. Located in the heart of Bejiing, the Imperial Palace was the residence of the emperors for five centuries. Popularly known as the Forbidden City, it was built during the Ming Dynasty in the early 1400s. A sequence of palaces containing 9,999 rooms, with courtyards, fortified walls and a protective moat within the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City is the largest palatial complex in the world.

The palace is now China’s most important national museum and the 350 objects that will be on display include some of the most precious possession of the Qing Dynasty. Among the artifacts on view will be the contents of the throne room, where great affairs of state were conducted and foreign dignitaries were received; the imperial study and bedroom; and the imperial Bedroom. See scores of amazing objects, including arms and armor, scepters and seals, portraits and paintings, and splendid silk robes worn by the concubines and emperors. 

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