古物陈列所的兴衰及其历史地位述评

成立于1914年且存在了34年的古物陈列所长期被人们忽视并淡忘。它实际上是中国近代民主革命的光荣产物和反复辟斗争的重要成果,曾占据今日故宫博物院的半壁江山,被誉为“民国成立后最有价值之建设”。它是紫禁城向博物馆转变的第一篇章,是中国第一家国立博物馆、宫廷博物馆、艺术博物馆,开创了中国近代博物馆发展史的新纪元,在世界宫廷类博物馆中占有特殊地位,在中国近代政治、社会、文化史上也具有较深远的影响。

The Rise and Fall of The Gallery of Ancient Relics(Guwu Chenliesuo) and a Discussion of Its Historical Position

The Gallery of Ancient Relics (Guwu Chenliesuo) was founded in 1914 and had been in operation page 14 to 39. for more than 34 years, yet it has long been neglected, despite the fact that it was one of the major fruits of modern China's democratic revolution and struggle against the restoration of feudal dynasty. Occupying a part of the grounds of what is today's the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Gallery of Ancient Relics has been described as "the most valuable construction after the establishment of the Republic of China" in 1911 and it turned over a new leaf for the Forbidden City to becoming a museum. As China's earliest national museum, palace museum and art gallery, it ushered in a new era in the history of the development of museums in modern China. It also occupies a special place among the world's palace museums, and has produced a far- reaching influence on China's modern political, social and cultural history.