Hours during the Spring Festival Holiday 2019

The Palace Museum will be closed full day on 4 February 2019, the eve of the Spring Festival. From 5 to 10 February, the Museum opens from 8:30 to 16:30 with the last ticket sold at 15:40. The Museum limits the daily number of visitors at 80,000, please purchase your ticket in advance online at http://gugong.228.com.cn. For customer service, please call +86 4006 228 228;
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From 2019, the Museum will be closed full day on the eve of the lunar New Year, and open from the Spring Festival (first day of the lunar New Year) till the end of the seven-day holiday (normally on the sixth day). Then the Museum will resume its normal opening hours (Tuesday through Sunday all year round and on national holidays that fall on Mondays). For more information, please see Hours.