National Art Museum of China
The National Art Museum of China is the national art museum of China and one of the largest art museums in the nation. Located in Beijing and opened since 1963, it is a level-1 public welfare institution funded by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China.
The construction of the museum started in 1958, and concluded in 1962. It has a total land area of. The museum was renovated between May 2004 and January 2005, and has been given an additional area of.
Collection
Its permanent collection includes both ancient and contemporary Chinese artworks as well as notable Western artworks. Although the museum contains collection of imperial Chinese art, its main mission is to serve as a national level art museum dedicated to displaying, collecting and researching the modern and contemporary artistic works of China. It has a main building of four stories, the first three being display areas. There are 21 exhibition halls at the museum.Its collections are divided into specific categories of:
- traditional Chinese painting,
- oil painting,
- print,
- sculpture,
- Chinese New Year picture,
- traditional picture story,
- caricature,
- watercolor painting,
- lacquer,
- porcelain, and
- costumes