Palace museum

A palace museum refers a number of museums that are housed in former royal palaces.

• In Mainland China
  • The Palace Museum, housed in the Forbidden City in Beijing.
  • The Kulangsu Gallery of Foreign Artifacts from the Palace Museum Collection in Kulangsu, Xiamen.
  • The Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum in Shenyang.
• In Hong Kong
  • The Hong Kong Palace Museum, a planned museum exhibiting artefacts of Beijing's Palace Museum in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District.
• In Taiwan
  • The National Palace Museum, formerly housed in the Forbidden City, now sits in Taipei and houses part of its former collection.
  • The Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum in Chiayi.
• The National Palace Museum of Korea located in Seoul, South Korea, is the repository of that country's royal heritage.
• The Topkapı Palace Museum in Istanbul.
• The Red Fort Archaeological Museum in Delhi, India, was also known as Palace Museum during the British rule.
• The Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum is an example of a palace that was reconstructed to function as a museum.

Many former royal palaces house museums; these include.

• The Palace of Versailles near Paris
• The Winter Palace in St Petersburg
• The Royal Palace, Luang Prabang
• The Royal Palace, Porto-Novo
• The Museum of King John III's Palace at Wilanów in Warsaw

See also

• Royal Palace Museum (disambiguation)