Taiwan art museum ready to reopen

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) -- The world's leading Chinese art museum, a palatial compound in Taiwan, will reopen next month with more display space for imperial art and amenities aimed at luring an expected surge in visitors from long-time rival China. After almost two years of remodeling, the National Palace Museum in Taipei will open on February 8 its entire 24,000 square meters of exhibit halls that now include more snacking areas, a new lobby and a school, Director Lin Mun-lee told Reuters. The museum is known for its unique stash of 654,500 imperial-art treasures brought to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949 to keep them away from the Communists. Because more people look at old art more often if it's in a modern setting, the museum remodeled almost every hall, a spokeswoman said.

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