Orderly opening of the indoor exhibition halls of the Palace Museum
When the indoor exhibition hall exceeds 50% of the passenger flow, the flow limit will be activated. Audiences must wear masks throughout the process
News from our newspaper (Reporter Wang Yan) Since July 21, the Palace Museum has opened the Treasure Hall, the Clock and Watch Hall, and the permanent exhibition halls of the Cining Palace, the Sixth Palace of the East and the West in an orderly manner in accordance with the principles of appointment, current limitation, and peak staggering.
On the morning of the 21st, a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily found on the ticket service website of the Palace Museum that the daily reservation limit for 8,000 people has been changed to 12,000. At 8 o'clock that day, half an hour before the opening of the Palace Museum, the exhibition hall of the Treasure Museum was ready. At 8:40, the Treasure Hall welcomed the first audience. A staff member of the Forbidden City said: "In the past, most of the audience first visited the building on the central axis, and they would arrive at the Treasure Hall around 10 o'clock. Today, it is obvious that some audience members are rushing to the indoor exhibition." You need to wear masks throughout the journey.” In addition, the indoor exhibition halls have also set a flow limit-when the number of visitors exceeds 50% of the passenger flow, the flow limit will be activated. At present, for example, the maximum number of people in the exhibition hall of the Treasure Hall is 180, and the maximum number of people in the Watch and Clock Hall is 110. The staff will temporarily restrict the flow after the number of people in each hall of the East and West Sixth Palace reaches about 30.
The Palace Museum has been opened in order on May 1, but due to epidemic prevention and control considerations, the Palace Museum has not opened indoor exhibition halls. Tourists can only visit the first three halls, the rear three palaces, the imperial garden, the Cining Palace, and Cining The palace garden, the outdoor exhibition area of the Shoukang Palace area and some courtyards of the six palaces in the east and west.
The reporter saw on the official website of the Palace Museum that the current exhibitions in the Palace Museum have ended, and the new exhibition has not been announced. However, according to the original plan, this year is 600 years since the Forbidden City was built. In the second half of the year, the Forbidden City will hold a series of large-scale exhibitions such as "Exhibition of Ancient Figures in the Palace Museum" and "Special Exhibition of Su Shi's Paintings and Calligraphy". Debut.