Exhibition titled Forbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum opens at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, US, on October 14, 2014. [Photo/ artron.net]

Forbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum, is organized by the Palace Museum and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition opened at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on October 14, 2014. More than 600 representives, celebrities and reporters attended the opening ceremony.

This exhibition is part of a groundbreaking exchange between the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Palace Museum – a series of collaborative projects between 2011 and 2016 that include exhibition and staff exchange in the areas of administration, curatorship, conservation, education, and security.

Featured works include large portraits, costumes, furniture, court paintings, religious sculptures, and fine decorative arts such as bronzes, lacquer ware, and jade. This exhibition explores the significant roles of imperial rituals, court painting, imperial family life, and religion in the Forbidden City.