Editing National Palace Museum (section)

===Northern Branch===
The National Palace Museum's main building in Taipei was designed by [[Huang Baoyu]] and constructed from March 1964 to August 1965.<ref name="renovation">{{Cite web |url=http://210.69.170.79/en/administration/renovation/initiative_01.htm |title=Renovation |publisher=National Palace Museum |access-date=21 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121201235921/http://210.69.170.79/en/administration/renovation/initiative_01.htm |archive-date=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="Huang">{{Citation |last=Huang |first=Bao-yu |title=中山博物院之建築 [The Architecture of the Chung-Shan Museum] |journal=The National Palace Museum Quarterly |volume=1 |issue =1 |year=1966 |pages=69–78 |language=zh}}</ref> Due to the insufficient space to put on display over 600,000 artifacts, the museum underwent expansions in 1967, 1970, 1984 and 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tainfra-building.pcc.gov.tw/ezfiles/7/1007/attach/66/pta_86_3502172_90765.pdf |script-title=zh:正館、行政大樓、圖書文獻大樓工程 |trans-title=The Construction of the Main Building, the Administration Building and the Library Building |language=zh |publisher=National Palace Museum |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=21 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027155017/http://tainfra-building.pcc.gov.tw/ezfiles/7/1007/attach/66/pta_86_3502172_90765.pdf |archive-date=27 October 2012}}</ref> In 2002, the museum underwent a major US$21 million renovation revamping the museum to make it more spacious and modern.<ref name="renovation"/><ref name="Taiwan's museum of treasures">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6335469.stm | work=BBC News | title=Taiwan's museum of treasures | date=7 February 2007 | access-date=30 March 2010 | first=Caroline | last=Gluck}}</ref> The renovation closed about two-thirds of the museum section and the museum officially reopened in February 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/arts/design/28muse.html |title=Rare Glimpses of China's Long-Hidden Treasures |date=28 December 2006 |last=Bradsher |first=Keith |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/02/04/2003347701 |title=National Palace Museum is born again |last=Quartly |first=Jules |date=4 February 2007| work=Taipei Times}}</ref>

Permanent exhibitions of painting and calligraphy are rotated once every three months.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/visiting/exhibit/guide.htm |title=Visitor's Guide |publisher=National Palace Museum |access-date=21 September 2012 |archive-date=24 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824182103/http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/visiting/exhibit/guide.htm}}</ref> Approximately 3,000 pieces of the museum's collection can be viewed at a given time.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ2011101815043 |title=Taiwanese Palace Museum may increase floor area 7-fold |work=The Asahi Shimbun |last=Murakami |first=Takio |date=23 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113092233/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ2011101815043 |archive-date=13 November 2012}}</ref> Although brief, these exhibitions are extremely popular. In 2014, the museum organized the top three best-attended exhibitions worldwide, including paintings and calligraphic works by [[Tang Yin]], as well as depictions of the [[Qing dynasty]]'s [[Qianlong Emperor]] reinterpreted by contemporary artists.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Visitor-figures--the-world-goes-dotty-over-Yayoi-Kusama/37403|title=Visitor figures 2014: the world goes dotty over Yayoi Kusama|newspaper=The Art Newspaper|date=2 April 2015|access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref>

==== Zhishan Garden ====
[[File:202001 國立故宮博物院 至善園1.jpg|right|thumb|Zhishan Garden]]
[[File:Chih-te Garden-19.2024-10-11.jpg|right|thumb|Zhide Garden]]
Housed within the compound of the National Palace Museum, this classical Chinese [[Song dynasty|Song]] and [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] style garden covers {{convert|1.88|ha|m2}}.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2008 |title=Zhishan Garden – Introduction |url=http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh96/chih-shan/index1_en.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912193742/http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh96/chih-shan/index1_en.html |archive-date=12 September 2012 |access-date=17 June 2012 |publisher=National Palace Museum}}</ref> It incorporates the principles of such diverse fields as [[feng shui]], [[Chinese architecture]], water management, [[landscape design]], and [[Chinese folklore]] and metaphor. It contains numerous ponds, waterworks, and wooden [[Chinese pavilion]]s. It was completed and opened in 1985. There is also a second garden located on the southwest side, known as the Zhide Garden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npm.gov.tw/Courtyard-Space.aspx?sno=04012570&l=2|title=Outdoor Space|website=npm.gov.tw|date=22 December 2022 |access-date=19 January 2025}}</ref>

==== Chang Dai-chien residence ====
The National Palace Museum also maintains the residence of Chinese painter [[Zhang Daqian|Chang Dai-chien]], also in Shilin, Taipei. The residence, known as the Chang Dai-chien Residence or the Abode of [[Maya (mother of Buddha)|Maya]], was constructed in 1976 and completed in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2007 |title=Chang Dai-chien Residence |url=http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh96/dai-chien/en01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127074049/http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh96/dai-chien/en01.html |archive-date=27 November 2019 |access-date=16 June 2012 |publisher=National Palace Museum}}</ref> It is a two-story [[Siheyuan]] building with Chinese-style gardens occupying approximately 1,911 m<sup>2</sup>. After Chang's death in 1983, the house and gardens were donated to the National Palace Museum and turned into a museum and memorial.