國立故宮博物院於一九二五年成立於北京紫禁城，也就是“故宮”名稱的由來。一九三一年為避日本侵華戰爭，故宮文物遷離紫禁城，避難於西南大後方。一九四九年，由於內戰，國民政府將總數約為六十萬件左右的故宮及中央博物院籌備處精品文物運到臺灣，並曾暫置於桃園楊梅、台中霧峰北溝等地。直至一九六五年，始在臺北士林外雙溪現址複院。
在臺灣落地生根的五十多年歲月之中，國立故宮博物院已發展成為一座國際級現代化的博物館，不僅持續提升硬體機能，同事也戮力于藏品徵集，目前總數已達六十九萬件之譜，為全球首屈一指的華夏文物典藏。近年來，全力推動數位典藏國家型科技計畫，透過先進的數位科技，讓故宮文物有了新穎的面貌，不僅在展示呈現上更為活潑，在發展文化創意產業上，也充分扮演了新世紀博物館創新價值的多元角色。
國立故宮博物院南部院區，預計將於二零一五年底於嘉義太保落成啟用。在現在豐富收藏的基礎上，南院將以亞洲藝術博物館呈現。未來的國立故宮博物院將繼續以華夏文化為核心，以世界為高度，以臺灣為基礎，向全球發聲。
The National Palace Museum (NPM) was originally founded in 1925 in the Forbidden City in Beijing, which explains why the word “Palace” is used in its name. In 1931, to avoid the ravages of the impending Japanese invasion, the collection was crated and moved from the imperial palace in Beijing to southwest China. In 1949, with civil war raging between the National government and the Communists, the Republic of China shipped about 600,000 of the most precious objects in the collection to Taiwan, establishing repositories at Yangmei in Taoyuan and Peikou in Wufeng, Taichung. It was not until 1965 when the museum was opened at its present home in the Wai-shuang-xi area of Shih-lin, Taipei.
The National Palace Museum, with its roots firmly planted and growing in Taiwan for more than half a century, has already evolved into a fully modernized museum. Not only is its hardware continually being upgraded, constant efforts are made to expand the collection, which now exceeds 690, 000 objects, making it the premier holding of Chinese art and culture in the world. Over the past years, great effort has also been expended to advance the NPM’s role in Taiwan’s Nationl Digital Archives Program. Using the latest digital technology, the NPM’s objects and their role are being given a complete makeover. Not only are exhibits becoming much more animated, digital technology in the development of cultural innovation industry is also playing a vital and multiple role in forming a new value system for the museum of the future.
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