Mukden Palace

Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum
沈阳故宫

Bird's-eye view of the Mukden Palace
Location within Liaoning Show map of Liaoning Mukden Palace (China) Show map of China
Established	1955
Location	No. 171, Shenyang Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, Liaoning
Coordinates	41°47′46″N 123°27′03″E / 41.796161°N 123.450708°E / 41.796161; 123.450708
Type	Art museum, Imperial Palace, Historic site
Visitors	1.6 million[1]
Curator	Bin Wu
Historic site
Area	6 hectares[2]
Built	1625, 1631, 1780
Architect	Nurhachi, Hong Taiji, Qianlong Emperor
Architectural style(s)	Chinese architecture
Website	en.sypm.org.cn (English language version) www.sypm.org.cn/index2.html (Chinese language version) UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	The Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang
Part of	Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
Criteria	Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv
Reference	439bis-002
Inscription	1987 (11th Session)
Extensions	2004

The Mukden Palace (simplified Chinese: 盛京宫殿; traditional Chinese: 盛京宮殿; pinyin: Shèngjīng Gōngdiàn), or Shenyang Imperial Palace (simplified Chinese: 沈阳故宫; traditional Chinese: 瀋陽故宮; pinyin: Shěnyáng Gùgōng), was the former palace of the Later Jin dynasty and the early Qing dynasty. It was built in 1625, and the first three Qing emperors lived there from 1625 to 1644. Since the collapse of imperial rule in China, the palace has been converted to a museum that now lies in the center of Shenyang, Liaoning.