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Children visiting the NPM should first pay a visit to the "little" NPM. The multi-faceted Children's Gallery will bring a whole new experience that will light a passion for learning about the NPM in any children.

In order to bridge the gap between modern children and the Museum's artifacts, the NPM established the Children's Gallery, which officially opened on May 18, 2008. Located on the west side of the Main Exhibition Building's underground floor, the Children's Gallery was designed especially for children between the ages of seven and twelve to encourage their interests in the arts.

The Children's Gallery is around 4,200 sq ft and includes an orientation theater, four interactive exhibition areas, and a special exhibition area. The gallery uses the ideas of the artifacts from the Museum collection as a foundation, and designs short animations and interactive activities to help children learn more effectively. Through hands-on, visual, and listening activities, we hope to motivate all visitors to explore the NPM. In the gallery, we have puppets, magnetic game pieces, puzzles, bridge building kits, book printing and binding kits, and two enlarged artifacts, theRevolving Fish Vaseand the Olive Core Boat, to provide learning opportunities from every perspective.

The "Eight Treasures Exploration" special exhibition area was created in collaboration with Professor Su Chen Ming of the Taipei Municipal University of Education. Specializing in visual arts, Professor Su created puzzles of famous Museum pieces in large card formats, such as the Jadeite Cabbage, Along the River During the Ch'ing Ming Festival, and Children at Play. These puzzles not only incite children's curiosity and thinking, but also prepare them for the actual exhibitions.

In addition to the exhibition areas, the orientation theater, which can hold 40 people and has a wide circular screen, is one stop that cannot be missed. The 13-minute long animation "National Treasure Maze" tells the adventures of the young boy Artie and the Emperor Chien-lung exploring the national treasures housed at the Museum. From the short animation, children can learn about the history and usage of these treasures, and understand the etiquettes of museum visiting. In coordination with the gallery's grand opening, live skits combined with the "National Treasure Maze" animation were performed on May 18, 24, and 25, 2008. These performances were designed to increase the interaction between the senses. In addition, due to popular request, the Children's Gallery had been extending its hours on Saturday nights to match those of the Main Exhibition Gallery beginning in the summer of 2008. Further, the highly acclaimed animation "Adventures in the NPM", winner of the Tokyo International Animation Fair in 2008, had been added to the film showing schedule.


	Katydid, Emperor Ch'ien-lung, and Artie give the performance their all.


	The Children's Theatrical Troupe performs.


	Artie and Katydid interact during the show.


	Lift up the panels to learn about old and present-day customs.


	Children see for themselves how a bridge is constructed.


	Students learn about book-binding firsthand.

During the week, the Children's Gallery focuses on receiving groups of elementary school students. On the weekend and holidays, the Gallery serves families and individual visitors. Since the Gallery's grand opening on May 18, 2008 to the end of September, the number of visitors has reached 46,695. From this number, 4,830 people were members of 180 visiting groups. The other 41,876 were individual visitors. The service team, made up of 41 volunteers, brings a passion to work and serve that continues to help the Museum grow and advance.

Aside from interactive learning, the Children's Gallery will also issue a series of supplementary materials, such as instructional resources packets, family learning kits, and worksheets. These materials will allow accompanying parents or teachers to better guide their children. These resources will also be digitalized and made available on the National Palace Museum website for downloading. In the future, the Education Department hopes Children's Gallery can collaborate with schools and communities to provide the best quality education for our children.

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