Palace museum

The Palace Museum in the Forbidden City, Beijing

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

• The Palace Museum, housed in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
• The National Palace Museum, formerly housed in the Forbidden City, now sits in Taipei, Taiwan and houses part of its former collection.
• 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)