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The Forbidden City

Image from the Virtual Forbidden City

The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time is a partnership between the Palace Museum and IBM. The goal of the project is to provide the means for a world-wide audience to celebrate and explore aspects of Chinese culture and history.

Photo from the Virtual Forbidden City

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hile it provides an immersive and compelling experience in its own right, the Virtual Forbidden City also provides an unequalled way to plan a visit to the Palace Museum in Beijing, as the Forbidden City is now known.

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registered users of the Virtual Forbidden City can save photos, places and items that they've enjoyed