國立故宮博物院庋藏中國歷代文物，其源於北平故宮者，皆出自遜清內府；原屬中央博物院籌備處者，多係古物陳列所舊藏，為熱河、瀋陽行宮所有。因此，今日國立故宮博物院典藏主體，實匯集北平、熱河、瀋陽三處清宮之文物，藏品承襲自宋、元、明、清四朝宮廷收藏。

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The National Palace Museum (NPM) houses a collection of ancient Chinese artifacts, some of which came from The Palace Museum and the preparatory department of the Nanjing Museum (previously the "National Central Museum"); those that came from The Palace Museum originated from the Qing Court, and those that came from the preparatory department of the Nanjing Museum primarily originated from the Institute for Exhibiting Antiquities, which was previously owned by the Jehol and Shenyang temporary palaces. This signifies that the NPM's current artifact collection contains Qing court artifacts from The Palace Museum, the Jehol temporary palace, and the Shenyang temporary palace.NPM's artifact collection comprised that inherited from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing courts.