Photography (National Museum of History)

Beginning 1976, the National Museum of History has accumulated photographic works, bringing up to 398 pieces in 2000. Though the technology used in photography has undergone several changes since its birth, the collection here is still that of tradit...
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Paper Cuts (National Museum of History)

The majority of the paper cuts at the National Museum of History have been acquired mainly through donations, reaching up to 200 pieces. Paper-cutting, also called picture-cutting, is part of traditional Chinese folk art. The earliest unearthed item ...
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Prints (National Museum of History)

Prints at the National Museum of History can be divided into traditional folk prints, modern prints, and Japanese ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world). Most of the traditional folk prints were renowned local works made during the Qing dynasty and...
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Chinese paintings (National Museum of History)

The National Museum of History houses approximately 3,182 Chinese paintings, most of which are works dating from the early Republic of China period onwards. Works of the Qing dynasty, ranked second in number, and a small number of works of the Tang, ...
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Calligraphy (National Museum of History)

With an aim to promoting and preserving Chinese culture, the National Museum of History has collected many exquisite calligraphy works, many of which are masterpieces of certain time periods. A large part of the collected works date from the early Re...
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Western paintings (National Museum of History)

The National Museum of History houses 737 Western paintings of the early Republic of China period, such as those by Chang Yu, Pan Yu-Liang, Ma Bai-Shui, Zhao Er-Dai, Liao Ji-Chun, Zhao Wu-Ji, Yang San-Lang, Lan Yin-Ding, and Xi De-Jin. Foreign painti...
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Calligraphy (National Palace Museum)     

The National Palace Museum has a vast collection of calligraphy works, dating from the Jin and Tang dynasties to the ROC Era. The collection’s variety of styles, including the seal script (zhuanshu), the clerical script (lishu), the standard scrip...
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Embroidery and Tapestry (National Palace Museum)   

The collection of embroidery and tapestry pieces in the National Palace Museum date from the Song dynasty to the ROC era, with a complete range of subjects, including landscape, flower and bird, figure, and so on. Though not particularly large in siz...
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Rubbings (National Palace Museum)

Rubbings refer to rubbings of stele that can be used as models for calligraphy. The collection of rubbings held in the National Palace Museum date from the Han Dynasty to the ROC Era. Large in size and excellent in quality, the collection has retai...
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