National Palace Museum Regulations for the Acquisition of Cultural Relics Article 7

The final appraisal shall proceed in accordance with the following regulations:1. All supporting materials for the cultural relics approved in the intermediate appraisal shall be assembled by the Department of Registration and Conservation, and a committee will be formed to conduct the final appraisal.2. Cultural relics that passed the final appraisal shall, upon the approval of the Director of the Museum, enter into the next phase of procurement.3. The organization and the principle of evaluation for the final appraisal are as follows:Organization: (1) The Museum may employ more than 30 individual members to serve on the appraisal committee. The term of employment shall be three years, and the employment for a second term is permitted. (2) A committee member must be either (a) a present or former professor or associate professor in a domestic or overseas institution of higher learning specializing in art, archaeology, history, sinology, bibliography, rare books, antiquities, works of art, and relevant disciplines, or a researcher at a domestic or overseas academic institution or museum, who is capable of evaluating the cultural relics required by the Museum, or (b) a reputable researcher or connoisseur of antiquities, who is capable of evaluating the cultural relics required by the Museum. (3) The Director of the Museum shall select four to seven individual members to serve on the final appraisal committee, and the chairperson shall be elected by the members.Principle of evaluation: the evaluation shall focus on the review of the cultural relics and supporting documentation. Members of the final appraisal committee shall state the results of their evaluation and put their signatures in the “Proceedings of the Final Appraisal” form, which shall include images and text provided by the Museum’s collection department. The final appraisal shall be approved by two thirds of the members participating in the meeting.