Ancient China to Ch’in Dynasty 	50000 – 206 BCSong to Yuan Dynasty 	960 – 1368Early ROC period 	1911 – 1945
Han to Tang Dynasty 	206 BC – AD 907Ming to Ch’ing Dynasty 	1368 – 1911Taiwan, after liberation from Japan 	1945 – present
 
Fossils of Cengjiang Biota (National Museum of Natural Science)

The Chengjiang biota was first discovered in the yellow-green shales in Maotienshan in Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province. In recent years, however, abundant Chengjiang biota fossils were also found in the siltstone layer above the shales, their know...
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Vertebrate Fossils (National Museum of Natural History)

There are currently 4,500 fossils of vertebrates in the collection of the Museum of Natural History, collected from Taiwan, China and other places around the world. Specimens date from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras, and include classes Ch...
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Invertebrates fossils (National Museum of Natural Science)

Invertebrate fossils are the most common fossils in Taiwan. The National Museum of Natural Science has budgeted for increasing its specimen collection every year since its founding. The bulk of the museum specimens are fossils from the Cenozoic layer...
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Microfossils (National Museum of Natural Science)

Nannofossils refer to small fossils that need to be observed and studied through a microscope. Due to wide distribution, large quantity and short lifespan, some nannofossils can be used as index fossils, and are very helpful for comparing geological...
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Bronze Rubbings collected in the Institute of History and Philology (Academia Sinica) 

Institute of History and Philology of Academica Sinica collect over ten thousand bronze inscriptions. They are including exquisite overall rubbings and a large number of bronze inscriptions, both of which were bought by the former deceased president ...
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Oracle Rubbings collected in the Institute of History and Philology (Academia Sinica) 

Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica has numerous valuable rubbings of Oracle Bone inscriptions. There are approximately 40,000 items, which were obtained by two different sources. Firstly, oracles excavated by archeologists and seco...
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Ivory and Bone (National Palace Museum)

The antiquities held in the collections of the National Palace Museum span a period of at least 7,000 thousand years, and consist of a large variety of genres, including bronze, jade, porcelain, lacquerware, etc. Its collections are fine in quality ...
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Jade and Stone Tools (National Palace Museum)

The antiquities held in the collections of the National Palace Museum span a period of at least 7,000 thousand years, and consist of a large variety of genres, including bronze, jade, porcelain, lacquerware, etc. Its collections are fine in quality ...
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Ceramics (National Palace Museum)

The antiquities held in the collections of the National Palace Museum span a period of at least 7,000 thousand years, and consist of a large variety of genres, including bronze, jade, porcelain, lacquerware, etc. Its collections are fine in quality ...
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Curios (National Palace Museum)

The antiquities held in the collections of the National Palace Museum span a period of at least 7,000 thousand years, and consist of a large variety of genres, including bronze, jade, porcelain, lacquerware, etc. Its collections are fine in quality ...
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