Except for statuary and Buddhist bronzes, in which the collection is still lacking, "our holdings have gradually grown into a museum of the Chinese nation, covering its continuous development over 7000 years from the prehistoric neolithic age to the modern era, which started from the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns, and right down to the present day," says director Chin Hsiao-yi with a touch of pride in his voice.
除了雕像和金銅佛像仍然付之闕如，「故宮庋藏逐步成就了上自史前新石器時代，下至乾嘉以後的近代、現代，七千年一脈傳承的華夏民族博物院」，秦院長語帶驕傲地指出，「其實，單從玉器這一項，就可以看出一條七千年的時光隧道。」