The Palace Museum was established in 1925 by the then ruling Republic of China government, after the last emperor of China, Pu Yi, and his household were evicted. In the decades that followed ...

Embroidered silk robe and sleeves which once belonged to the Emperor of China. It was taken from the Imperial Palace by Captain Henry Ely of the 99th Regiment - an antecedent regiment of the ...

The painstaking work to restore ornate treasures amassed by Chinese emperors in centuries past ... protection and restoration department of the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City come as the ...

When he ascended to the throne, Emperor ... the imperial palace. The successive reigns of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong produced one of the most prosperous periods in Chinese history.