Editing National Palace Museum (section)

==Administration==
[[File:國立故宮博物院 - panoramio.jpg|right|thumb|Administration building of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum]]
The National Palace Museum operates under the [[Executive Yuan]] as a level-two agency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-01 |title=行政院全球資訊網 |url=https://www.ey.gov.tw/Page/62FF949B3DBDD531 |website=行政院 |language=zh-tw}}</ref> It has been headed by many directors over the years:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-08 |title=Present/Former Leaders |url=https://www.npm.gov.tw/en/Article.aspx?sNo=02000049 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411131019/https://www.npm.gov.tw/en/Article.aspx?sNo=02000049 |archive-date=2021-04-11 |access-date= |website=National Palace Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-30 |title=History of NPM |url=https://www.npm.gov.tw/Articles.aspx?sno=03012532&l=2 |website=National Palace Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-03 |title=Director |url=https://www.npm.gov.tw/Articles.aspx?sno=03012694&l=2 |website=National Palace Museum}}</ref> Note that, in 1949, the Joint Managerial Office of the National Central Museum and National Central Library was established. In 1955, the Joint Managerial Office of the National Palace Museum and National Central Museum was established.

=== List of directors ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Term begin
!Term end
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Directors of Palace Museum'''
|-
|[[Li Yü-ying]]
| colspan="2" |''First appointed Director-General''
|-
|[[I P'ei-chi]] 
|October 1925
|October 1933
|-
|Ma Heng
|October 1933 
|August 1949
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Directors of National Central Museum Preparatory Office'''
|-
|[[Fu Ssu-nien]] 
|1933
|1934
|-
|[[Li Chi (archaeologist)|Li Chi]] 
|1934
|1949
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Directors of the Joint Managerial Office of the National Palace Museum and National Central Museum'''
|-
|[[Hang Li-wu]]
|September 1949
|June 1956
|-
|[[K'ung Te-ch'eng]]
|July 1956
|April 1964
|-
|[[Ho Lien-k'uei]]
|May 1964
|August 1965
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Directors of National Palace Museum'''
|-
|[[Chiang Fu-ts'ung]]
|September 1965
|January 1983
|-
|[[Ch'in Hsiao-yi]]
|January 1983
|May 2000
|-
|[[Tu Cheng-sheng]]
|20 May 2000
|20 May 2004
|-
|[[Shih Shou-chien]]
|20 May 2004
|25 January 2006
|-
|[[Lin Mun-lee]]
|25 January 2006
|20 May 2008
|-
|[[Chou Kung-shin]]
|20 May 2008
|29 July 2012
|-
|''Chou Chu-kun'' (acting)
|30 July 2012
|18 September 2012
|-
|[[Feng Ming-chu]]
|18 September 2012 
|19 May 2016
|-
|[[Lin Jeng-yi]]
|20 May 2016
|15 July 2018
|-
|[[Chen Chi-nan]]
|16 July 2018
|13 January 2019
|-
|''[[Lee Ching-hui]]'' (acting)
|14 January 2019
|14 February 2019
|-
|[[Wu Mi-cha]]
|15 February 2019
|30 January 2023
|-
|[[Hsiao Tsung-huang]]
|31 January 2023
|''Incumbent''
|}