The Palace Museum -www.dpm.org.cn-Forbidden City

The Palace Museum Academy was established by the Palace Museum as an unincorporated organization for scholarly inquiry and exchange. The institute includes Palace Museum Institute researchers, talented scholars in the Palace Museum, and other notable Chinese and international scholars in a quality atmosphere of open scholarly exchange. The Palace Museum Academy's chief objective is to establish a "Scholarly Palace Museum" while promoting the guiding "Safe Museum, Secure Palace" vision. With a sustainable approach, the academy seeks to lead in scholarly development, formulate research strategies, evaluate scholarly writings, realize Palace Museum research goals, train talented individuals, publish quality material, and conduct international academic exchange. With a central "scientific research project system" and innovative management, the institute strives to develop a center for national scientific research and Palace Museum Studies.
The institute’s duties and functions are:
1. Conduct research on the Museum's collection of oracle bones, bronze inscriptions, rubbings, and documents found in Dunhuang and Turpan.
2. Collaborate with other Chinese and international cultural heritage organizations and museums to organize and study textual materials from their collections.
This institute is affiliated with the Research Office.
The institute, supported by the Department of Objects and Decorative Arts, the Department of Court History, the Department of Conservation Science, the Library, and the Department of Architectural Heritage, focuses on researching lacquer articles collected in the Palace Museum, including both excavated lacquerware and lacquer articles that have been passed down through the generations. It also focuses on academic research and talent training. The institute combines its work on cultural and historical research with scientific testing of craft materials and the protection and repair of lacquer articles to build a comprehensive platform for researching lacquerware. It conducts interdisciplinary research, advances the process of scientific research projects, and promotes the transformation and utilization of research outcomes. The institute also strengthens cooperation and exchanges with domestic and foreign museums and universities, plays a leading role in lacquerware research, and further promotes the inheritance and innovation of craftsmanship and culture of lacquerware.
The Palace Museum Institute is a training and education institution. It is also the first "college" established in China with a museum-based education model. To meet the latest development needs of the museums and cultural heritage protection work in China, the institute based on the Palace Museum's overall development, carries out various forms of training programs and educational activities through multiple channels to provide training services for the museum, the industry, the country, and the world. It aims to cultivate more professional experts in the field of museums and fulfill its mission of serving society and providing education to the general public.
The institute will focus on serving the needs of the Palace Museum, improving its system for training employees, and exploring training models and mechanisms suitable for museum staff. It will also help employees develop new ideas and skills, enhance capacity building and inspire them to apply practical skills. By leveraging the Palace Museum's strengths in fields such as cultural relic identification, protection, and repair of cultural relics, museum management, and the study of court history and architecture, the institute aims to support domestic and foreign museums and related industries, to become a significant talent training base for domestic cultural and museum industry. The institute will also work to build up its brand and reputation, and cultivate a team of young and middle-aged experts within the Palace Museum through teacher-student mutual learning.