When did they start to let people in the forbidden city?

In 1949, the government of the people's Republic of China opened the forbidden city of the public for the first time. It is known as the Palace Museum, or GU Gong in Chinese. The museum contains extraordinary collection of out and artifacts from all periods in Chinese history. Visited more than 8 million people a year, the Palace Museum is on of the most popular tourists attractions in the world. For those unable to visit China, AS one-twentieth scale replica of the forbidden city is how on display at the Forbidden City Gardens in Katy, Texas.