National Art Museum of China

  • Type:

    Art
  • Tel:

    010-64006326
  • Opening Hours:

    9:00 - 17:00 (Last admission at 16:00). Closed on Mondays (except statutory holidays).

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National Art Museum of China

The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) is the only national museum of the plastic arts in China.

It started construction in 1958, and was officially opened under Chairman Mao’s inscription of “National Art Museum of China” in 1963. Soon it became a national cultural landmark. The museum building is a pavilion-like shape with yellow glazed tiles on the roof and a roofed corridor around the exterior, imitating traditional Chinese architectural style. The building is 18,000 square meter...

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National Art Museum of China

The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) is the only national museum of the plastic arts in China.

It started construction in 1958, and was officially opened under Chairman Mao’s inscription of “National Art Museum of China” in 1963. Soon it became a national cultural landmark. The museum building is a pavilion-like shape with yellow glazed tiles on the roof and a roofed corridor around the exterior, imitating traditional Chinese architectural style. The building is 18,000 square meters and holds 21 exhibition halls that cover 6,660 square meters. A 3,000-square-meter sculpture park and a 4,100-square-meter modern collection storeroom lie next to the building.

The museum has collected over 110,000 works of art in different categories spanning from antiquity to modern times. Apart from fine art masterpieces by acclaimed Chinese artists active in many periods of history, constituting a complete landscape of the history of fine art in China, the museum also includes various foreign art works and lively folk arts. The collection includes works of acclaimed Chinese artists such as Su Shi, Tang Yin, Xu Wei, Ren Bonian, Wu Changshuo, Huang Binhong, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Lin Fengmian, the works of calligraphers such as Yu Youren, Gao Ershi, Sha Menghai, Qi gong, the works of sculptors such as Liu Kaiqu, Hua Tianyou, Wang Linyi, Zeng Zhushao, Xiao Chuanjiu, Zhang Chongren, as well as works of foreign artists such as Picasso, Dali, Kollwitz and Ansel Adams.

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Inside-Out Art Museum

The museum has a majestic appearance, and the whole building is gray-brown in color. A pool of water surrounds the museum, reflecting the square building of the museum. The reality and the virtual echo each other, and a modern beauty is born.

Central Gifts and Artifacts Center

Central Gifts and Artifacts Center is located in Dongcheng District, Beijing, overlooking Zhengyangmen Gate in the west and the Temple of Heaven in the south. The building of Central Gifts and Artifacts Center adopts a traditional colonnade structure with square columns. Its tone is the same as that of National Museum of China and Museum of the Communist Party of China. All of them are dignified and simple.

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What is the cultural responsibility took by National Art Museum of China?

NAMOC shoulders the cultural responsibility of "promoting outstanding traditional culture, collecting all kinds of fine arts, strengthening international and domestic exchanges, facilitating contemporary artistic creation, building the peak of fine arts and benefiting public cultural services".

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