This exhibition brings to light the pivotal moments along the journey and the transitioning perception and portrayal of the collection, featuring over 100 pieces of paintings, calligraphy, antiquarian books, antiquities, archives and digital works. While boasting artistic and historical values, they are also a window into the engaging exchange between the Museum and the public; into the shifting representation and interpretation of artifacts; into how the Museum has responded to and reflected such transitioning perspectives, aesthetic values and cultural visions amid a changing society and the context of history.

Featuring the 60-year growth and development of the Museum’s Northern Branch, the exhibition is divided into Brilliance behind the Door, Dialogue with the World, Tapestry of the Knowledge and Expedition into the Future, highlighting the establishment and expansion of its collection system; international exchanges and exhibitions; progress in the research and interpretation of its collection; the development of the digital archive. Among the exhibits are multiple restricted display works from the Museum’s painting and calligraphy collection, as well as works designated by the Ministry of Culture as national treasures and significant antiquities. Also displayed are Gilt Bronze Sakyamuni Buddha and Bodhisattva Mandala. Donated by Mr. Peng Kai-dong, both have been designated as important cultural properties by the Japanese government and entrusted to Kyushu National Museum. In addition, Travelers among Mountains and Streams by Fan Kuan, Early Spring by Guo Xi and Wind in Pines among a Myriad Valleys by Li Tang, famed internationally as the trio of monumental landscape paintings from the Northern Song dynasty, are making their debut at the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum, with a focus that explores how these masterpieces have been perceived and interpreted as time progresses.

History is not bound by the past, for it shares a close bond with the present. As the National Palace Museum evolves in Taiwan, as it attests to the entwining past and present, it is also ushering in the next centennial.