Guohua painting

A Gathering of Treasures. THE JOURNEY TO THE NATIONAL ART MUSEUM OF CHINA

Wu Weishan

Magazine issue: 
#3 2017 (56)

Heralding the only national art museum in China, construction on the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) began in 1958, and the building was officially inaugurated in 1963, when Mao Zedong inscribed its title board with a work of calligraphy. The Museum is among the architectural landmarks of Chinese culture built after the founding of New China. Its building, surrounded by verandas and pavilions, is a classical-style, multi-storied pavilion with large imperial yellow, glazed-tile roofs, its architecture displaying a distinctive national romantic style. The Museum covers 18,000 square metres, with 17 exhibition halls arranged from the first to the fifth floors, and a total exhibition area of 8,300 square metres. The building is surrounded by an exhibition garden of 3,000 square metres featuring sculptures, and a museum depositary of 4,100 square metres.

A Gathering of Treasures. THE JOURNEY TO THE NATIONAL ART MUSEUM OF CHINA
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