National Palace Museum opens scroll exhibition on 22 September
Published on 09/27/2026 at 14:39 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael MĂĽller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
The National Palace Museum in Taipei opened Nourishing the Mind: Oversized Masterpiece Scrolls in the National Palace Museum Collection on 22 September 2026. The exhibition is in Gallery 202 of Exhibition Hall I and continues until 27 December 2026.
The Taipei museum is also presenting Insightful Views: Aesthetic Principles and Calligraphy Appreciation from 25 September to 27 December 2026. Both exhibitions bring new attention to painting and calligraphy within the northern branch in Shilin.
National Palace Museum scroll exhibition runs until 27 December
Nourishing the Mind is listed by the museum as an exhibition of calligraphy and paintings. Its programme places oversized masterpiece scrolls in Gallery 202, giving the presentation a defined location within Exhibition Hall I rather than a general museum-wide display.
The second exhibition, Insightful Views, occupies Galleries 204 and 206 and focuses on aesthetic principles and calligraphy appreciation. The two openings fall within the current visit period: Nourishing the Mind began on 22 September 2026, while Insightful Views began on 25 September 2026.
The museum’s official exhibition schedule also lists Confluence 1950: Shaping an Unseen Collection in Gallery 304 from 11 September 2026 to 11 September 2028. That exhibition concerns antiquities and provides a further current display in the same Exhibition Hall I programme.
The official exhibition schedule gives the dates, galleries and categories for all three presentations.
Scrolls connect a 1965 Taipei museum with new displays
The Taipei branch stands in Waishuanghsi in Shilin District. Construction of the building was completed in August 1965, and the museum opened internally on 12 November that year before opening to the public on 13 November 1965.
The institution was officially founded in Beijing on 10 October 1925. Its history includes the movement of artefacts to Taiwan and the later creation of the Waishuanghsi museum, which now presents collections of calligraphy, paintings, bronzes, ceramics, jades, rare books and historical documents.
That history gives the current scroll exhibition a specific setting: Gallery 202 is part of a museum whose Taipei building has displayed art and historical materials since 1965. The new presentation therefore sits within the institution’s long-running focus on painting and calligraphy rather than outside its established collection areas.
The museum’s official history records the 1965 opening and the development of its Taipei site.
Visiting National Palace Museum: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- Nourishing the Mind runs from 22 September to 27 December 2026 in Gallery 202 of Exhibition Hall I. Insightful Views runs from 25 September to 27 December 2026 in Galleries 204 and 206.
- The exhibitions are scheduled displays in Exhibition Hall I. The museum’s visitor information lists the main exhibition hall as open from Tuesday to Sunday, with Monday closure subject to published special openings.
- The National Palace Museum is at 221, Section 2, Zhishan Road, in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. The site is the northern branch, not the southern branch in Chiayi.
- Visitors will find galleries devoted to paintings and calligraphy alongside permanent displays covering ceramics, bronzes, jades and other artefacts.
- Taiwan’s official language is Mandarin Chinese and its national currency is the New Taiwan dollar.
- Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.
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Frequently asked questions about National Palace Museum
When does Nourishing the Mind take place at the National Palace Museum?
Nourishing the Mind runs from 22 September to 27 December 2026 in Gallery 202 of Exhibition Hall I.
Where is the National Palace Museum and how do you get there?
It is at 221, Section 2, Zhishan Road, in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. The address identifies the northern branch.
What is the National Palace Museum?
It is a museum whose Taipei building opened to the public on 13 November 1965 and presents collections including Chinese painting, calligraphy, ceramics, bronzes and jades.
