“Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, 1644-1912” Exhibit Opening

The concept: This exhibit examines five empresses via everyday objects, many of which are leaving China for the first time. It portrays the day-to-day lives of women in the Qing dynasty with nuance and color.
Don’t miss: An aqua-blue 18th-century silk robe embroidered with vases; a gold stupa that protected a lock of an empress dowager’s hair.