About The Forbidden City:
The Palace Museum is housed in the former palace of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Popularly called The Forbidden City, the museum covers an area of 720,000 square meters. The collections comprise nearly a million art treasures spanning five thousand years of Chinese history with a rich concentration of art and artifacts from the Qing imperial court.

Open Time:
Open daily all year.
April 1st—October 31 8:30—17:00
Last Entry at 16:10
Tickets sold until 16:00
November 1st—March 31 8:30—16:30
Last Entry at 15:40

Ticket:
From November 1 through March 31, admission is 40 rmb
From April 1 through October 31, admission is 60 rmb

Note:
1. Treasure Gallery and Clock Gallery require a separate ticket of 10 rmb respectively.
2. Children under 120 cm in height are free of charge.
3. Tickets of 20 rmb are available for elementary, middle school and university students with student identity card or certified letter from the school (including students from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, excluding graduate and adult education students).

Service:
Audio guides in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Thai are available at the Meridian Gate (Wu men) and the Gate of Divine Prowess (Shenwu men). The deposit is 100 rmb for each. The rental fee is 40 rmb for each, except the Mandarin guide which is 10 rmb. Please return the audio guide before exiting.
Services include package check (Meridian gate, Wumen), gift shops, bookstores, refreshments and light meals, an Information Center in the Archery Pavilion (Jian ting), public address system.

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