The Northern Branch of Palace Museum故宫博物院北院

A new branch of the Palace Museum has been built since December 30th， 2022. The new northern branch will be an addition to the national museum in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The whole building area of the new branch is over 100，000 square meters. The work is expected to be completed in 2025， in time to mark the 100th anniversary of the Palace Museum.

It lies in a village in Haidian Area about 30 km from the main museum. The new branch is designed to house 12 halls. Its style will mix the original style of the Palace Museum with modern design.

The Palace Museum now has over 1.86 million cultural relics in its collection. However， only about 10，000 pieces are shown every year， because there is not enough space. The new museum will offer more space to show those valuable relics in public. What’s more， a lot of modern technologies will be used to protect relics better. For example， some cultural relics like paintings， can only be shown seasonally. They can’t be shown during the rainy season， in winter or summer， because these works have high temperature requirement. Many cotton relics also cannot be shown because of environment conditions. So， it’s necessary to build a modern museum to avoid the damage of the relics.

The new branch of the Palace Museum will not only be a modern exhibition space， but also provide relic protection， repair work and visitor services.

故宫博物院的一个新分院已于2022年12月30日开工建设。新建的北院区将成为北京故宫博物院的补充。新院区整体建筑面积超过10万平方米，预计于2025年竣工，届时将迎来故宫博物院建院100周年。

新分院位于海淀区的一个村庄，距离故宫博物院约30千米。新分院设计有12个展厅。其风格将传承故宫博物院的原始风格并融入现代设计。

故宫博物院现有藏品186万余件。但由于场地有限，每年仅展出约1万件藏品。新院区将提供更多场地来公开展示这些珍贵文物。此外，新院区还将采用大量现代技术，以更好地保护文物。例如，绘画类等文物只能季节性展出。雨季、冬季和夏季都不能参展，因为这些作品对温度的要求很高。许多棉纺织品也因为环境条件而无法展出。因此，有必要建设一座现代化的博物馆，以避免文物因展出受到损坏。

故宫博物院新分院将不仅是一个现代化的展览空间，还可提供文物保护、修复工作和游客服务。

Word Bank

complete v. 完成；结束

design v. amp; n. 设计

relic n. 遗物；遗迹

requirement n. 必要条件；必备条件