Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong Palace Museum
Treasures from Beijing's Forbidden City, in a building shaped like an ancient vessel.
Long-term loans from the Palace Museum — imperial ceramics, paintings, jade and court dress — in galleries that widen as you climb, ending with a view over Victoria Harbour.
Opening hours and prices change regularly — always check the museum’s own site before you travel.
Do not miss
- — Imperial treasures from the Forbidden City
- — Court dress and jade
- — Harbour views from the top floor
On show & coming up
All exhibitions →The horse in Chinese imperial art, in paintings, bronzes and ceramics from the Palace Museum.
Jewellery from five continents and five millennia, on loan from the Met — adornment as power, protection and transformation.
How the Forbidden City met the rest of the world — objects, trade and diplomacy over several centuries.
A major retrospective of the Hong Kong calligrapher and painter, and of his eye as a collector.
Nearly three centuries of Ming ceramics from the Palace Museum collection.
An experimental thematic show that reads everyday objects across centuries of city life.
