National Palace Museum - Overseas Exhibitions

Overseas Exhibitions

Fears that the artifacts may be impounded and be claimed by China due to political status of Taiwan. Since the museum's 1965 establishment in Taipei, the National Palace Museum has only made four large overseas exhibitions in countries which have passed laws to prevent judicial seizure of the treasures. The past four overseas events were to the United States in 1996, France in 1998, Germany in 2003 and Austria in 2008. The next major overseas exhibition is scheduled to be held in Tokyo National Museum and Kyushu National Museum in 2014 after the completion of the legislative process in Japan.

The past overseas exhibitions are as follows:

  • 1935: "London International Exhibition of Chinese Art" at the British Museum London.
  • 1940: "Chinese Art Exhibition" in Moscow, Leningrad.
  • 1961: "Ancient Chinese Art Exhibition" National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
  • 1973: "China Exhibition" in Seoul, South Korea.
  • 1991: "On the Occasion of 1492: the art of the Age of Exploration" at the Washington National Gallery of Art.
  • 1996: "Splendors of Imperial China" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Washington, DC National Gallery of Art exhibition.
  • 1998: "Empire of Memory" at the Grand Palais in Paris exhibition.
  • 1999: National Palace Museum exhibition in Central America.
  • 2000: "Taoism and Chinese art," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
  • 2003: "Treasures of the Son of Heaven," the old museum in Berlin, Bonn, Federal Art Gallery touring exhibition.
  • 2005: "Museum of World Culture Expo Korea" in Korea.
  • 2005: "The Mongolian Empire - Genghis Khan and his generation" exhibition at the Museum of Anthropology in Munich, Germany.
  • 2006: "magnificent years of the Qing court (1662-1795)" exhibition at the Guimet Museum, France.
  • 2007: "Shanghai - Modern Art" exhibition in Japan.
  • 2008: "Imperial Treasures" in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna exhibition.

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