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On Monday, the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) unveiled its 2025 exhibition lineup, which highlights the treasures from the Palace Museum in Beijing, ancient world civilizations, and the museum's latest collection. The museum will also present its first traveling exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing in November.
This new lineup aims to showcase the finest aspects of Chinese art and culture while fostering dialogue among world civilizations, according to the museum.
In 2025, the HKPM and the Palace Museum will jointly present three new thematic and special exhibitions. As a highlight of "Art March 2025," the HKPM will present the special exhibition
A Movable Feast: The Culture of Food and Drink in China, which will explore the culinary culture and lifestyles of ancient Chinese people through the evolution of food vessels and eating practices, and traditions, presenting approximately 110 exquisite works.
These objects, primarily on loan from the Palace Museum, span from the Neolithic period to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Additional works on display will come from the British Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, as well as museums in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Thematic exhibitions include
The Art of Armaments - Qing Dynasty Military Collection from the Palace Museum, which will be the first large-scale exhibition in Hong Kong in recent years to highlight the martial culture of the Qing court.
Featuring nearly 190 military artifacts from the Palace Museum's collection, the exhibition aims to deepen visitors' understanding of Qing Dynasty military culture. It vividly illustrates the Manchu ethnic group's emphasis on ancestral martial traditions, the advancement of weapon-making techniques for bows, swords, and firearms, and their dedication to hunting and drills.
Besides, the HKPM will collaborate with the Palace Museum to stage
The Ways in Patterns - An Immersive Digital Exhibition from the Palace Museum. Scheduled to open on May 14, this will be the first in-gallery multimedia exhibition featuring treasures from the Palace Museum. The exhibition utilizes the power of "art + technology" to illuminate Chinese culture. Employing cutting-edge technologies and digital techniques, it presents the diverse and meaningful artistic designs inherent in the Palace Museum's ancient architecture, porcelain, furniture, and textiles.
In addition to the new exhibitions, the two highly popular thematic exhibitions,
Entering the Forbidden City: Architecture, Collection, and Heritage and
From Dawn to Dusk: Lifeand Art in the Forbidden City, will introduce the Forbidden City of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties as well as life at the Qing court through a new batch of precious artifacts on loan from the Palace Museum.
Collaborating with the world's leading cultural institutions to display ancient Egyptian, Islamic, and Mughal arts, the HKPM is committed to promoting exchanges among world civilizations. To this end, it will open three special exhibitions in 2025 to showcase ancient civilizations.
"Leveraging Hong Kong's unique position as a hub for international cultural exchanges, we aim to deepen our connections with the global community and facilitate vibrant East-meets-West conversations," said HKPM director Louis Ng.
In addition, the museum will also present A History of China in Silk: The Chris Hall Collection at the Hong Kong Palace Museum to showcase its latest collection. Featuring about 250 representative works spanning from the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) to the 20th century, the exhibition explores how the evolution of textiles and clothing reflects the social, cultural, and technological advancements of the time, highlighting the cultural exchanges between China and other parts of the world through silk and fashion.
In November, the museum will present its first traveling exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing, showcasing its collection of ancient Chinese gold objects.
