Choose your Visiting Date and Time
Notice: We recommend to book the tickets 5 days in advance. The daily visitor quota for Forbidden City is 80,000; and in summer time, all 80,000 tickets were easy to sold out 2-4days in advance online.
About the Forbidden City (The Palace Museum)
Opening Hours
| Seasons | Opening Hours | Stop Entry | Stop Ticketing |
| April 1st - October 31st | 8:30 - 17:00 | 16:10 | 16:00 |
| November 1st - March 31s | 8:30 - 16:30 | 15:40 | 15:30 |
The Palace Museum is limiting the daily number of visitors to 80,000, and now require both individual visitors and tourist groups book tickets in advance online, Foreign visitors are required to provide passport numbers during the online booking.
| Admission | Main Entrance | Treasure Gallery (Zhenbao guan) | Hall of Clocks (Zhongbiao guan) |
| April 1st – October 31st | Free (Children 0-6) $4.99(Teenagers7-18) $8.99 (Adult 19-59) $5.99 (Senior 60+) | Free (Children 0-6) $0.99(Teenagers7-18) $1.59 (Adult 19-59) $0.99 (Senior 60+) | Free (Children 0-6) $0.99(Teenagers7-18) $1.59 (Adult 19-59) $0.99 (Senior 60+) |
| November 1st – March 31st | Free (Children 0-6) $3.99(Teenagers7-18) $7.99 (Adult 19-59) $4.99 (Senior 60+) | Free (Children 0-6) $0.99(Teenagers7-18) $1.59 (Adult 19-59) $0.99 (Senior 60+) | Free (Children 0-6) $0.99(Teenagers7-18) $1.59 (Adult 19-59) $0.99 (Senior 60+) |
The rates included the transcations fees charged by third party payments provider.
- The tickets is E-tickets, so there is no paper ticket needed to enter the Forbidden City.
- Please bring your passport with you when entering the Forbidden City(The Palace Museum)
- You will get instant confirmation from us via email after successful booking and payments.
- If you have to change your visiting date or cancel your tickets, please send us an email within 12hours prior to selected entry time. There is no change or cancellation fee. It's free.
-Scratching surfaces and graffiti are strictly prohibited.
-Please watch your personal belongings.
-No pets.
Photography Policy：
2. Visitors are not permitted to take photographs inside halls with original interior decoration whether on the central axis or the west route.
3. The use of tripods and flash is prohibited in both special and permanent exhibitions.
4. Works of art on loan from other institutions, domestic and abroad, may not be photographed.
5. Photography is prohibited in some of the gift shops as indicated.
6. For special photography, please contact the Director's Office (Fax: (8610)8500-7415, gugong@dpm.org.cn).
7. The Museum reserves the right to make any necessary adjustments to its photography policy.
Getting to Forbidden City (The Palace Museum)
Entrance: Wumen (Meridian Gate) -South Gate of the Forbidden City(The Palace Museum)
Walking Direction: Tian'anmen-Duanmen-Wumen(Entrance)
Metro: Tian'anmen West（天安门西） or Tian'anmen East（天安门东） Line 1
Public Bus:
Tian'anmen West（天安门西）of Bus Line：1、5、52、99, Night Line1, Seghtseeing Line 1,2
Tian'anmen East (天安门东） of Bus Line: 1、120、2、52、59、82、99, Night Line1、2、17, Sightseeing Line1、2
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