The Summer Palace Museum

The Summer Palace Museum is located in the east of the Wenchang Pavilion in the Summer Palace and is the largest and highest-grade cultural relics exhibition hall in the classical Chinese garden. There are six special exhibition halls in the museum, displaying thousands of fine cultural relics of the Summer Palace from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the late Qing Dynasty, involving copper, jade, porcelain, gold and silver, bamboo and wood tooth and horn ware, lacquerware, furniture, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, enamel, clocks, miscellaneous items, etc., covering many categories of Chinese cultural relics. Due to the specific royal environment of the Summer Palace, these works of art represent the best level of craftsmanship at that time, and many treasures were the most important weapons of the country at that time; the museum also displays some Qing Dynasty court daily necessities, which are closely related to the life of the emperor and empress, have outstanding historical value, and are the most authentic physical evidence of Chinese royal culture.