But in fact the content of the collection has been continuously evolving towards being a comprehensive national museum, through the acquisition of items which the palace did not collect for reasons of bias, or which it was unable to collect. "
實際上，典藏的內容卻不斷在演進，邁向一個完備的民族博物館」，故宮院長秦孝儀解釋說，「也就是補足以往宮廷因偏見沒有收藏，或是無法收藏的文物。」