Forbidden City to host British history exhibition
BEIJING -- The Forbidden City -- once off-limits to ordinary citizens and foreigners - [is hosting] a British history exhibition...
The exhibition named "Britain Meets the World 1714-1830" [is being] held at the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, in Beijing...to June 10.
The exhibition will explore Britain's engagement with the world during the Georgian period when the nation was emerging as an international power.
The three-month exhibition will showcase 111 artifacts from the British Museum, including paintings by Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael, many of which have never been exhibited outside of the British islands.
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The exhibition named "Britain Meets the World 1714-1830" [is being] held at the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, in Beijing...to June 10.
The exhibition will explore Britain's engagement with the world during the Georgian period when the nation was emerging as an international power.
The three-month exhibition will showcase 111 artifacts from the British Museum, including paintings by Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael, many of which have never been exhibited outside of the British islands.