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Conservation of a Chinese Masterpiece: Juanqinzhai in the Forbidden City

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a talk with T.K. McClintock about Juanqinzhai, a building in the Qianlong Emperor's retirement complex.

When:
April 8, 2011 6:00pm to 12:00am
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Juanqinzhai, or the Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service, is the most private building in a group of pavilions, gardens, and courtyards built between 1771 and 1776 to serve as the Qianlong Emperor's retirement complex within the Forbidden City. Learn about the conservation of this delicate pavilion, which is just the first phase of an ongoing collaboration between the Palace Museum and the World Monuments Fund to conserve the entire Qianlong Garden complex.

Education programs are made possible by The Freeman Foundation.

T. K. McClintock, director, Studio TKM, and senior technical advisor to the World Monuments Fund for the conservation of Juanqinzhai (2002–8), a Palace Museum, Beijing/WMF joint project

Free with Museum admission

Cost: 
Free with museum admission
Phone Number: 
212-535-7710