Beijing Palace Museum to triple number of artefacts on display with expanded exhibition centre

China’s Palace Museum is expected to triple the number of artefacts on display and hold more annual exhibitions once a massive expansion is completed in Beijing. The century-old museum located in the former imperial palace complex known as the Forbidden City has a collection of nearly 1.9 million cultural relics. But fewer than 10,000 are on public display each year because of a lack of space and adequate exhibit conditions. Construction on the expanded facility started in December 2022 and is expected to be complete by 2025.