National Art Museum of ChinaⅠ

The National Art Museum of China collects, researches and exhibits modern and contemporary Chinese artists' works. It was opened in 1963 and becoming a key national level art museum in China. Its architectural style is made in imitation to the main tower in the famous attraction Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, northwestern China.

Today the National Art Museum of China has a collection of more than 100,000 items of great and invaluable artwork in China and from all over the world. The fine art works and master paintings from the first half of twentieth century China occupy the majority number of items here. There are many of the great art pieces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties can be found too. Mr. and Mrs Ludwig from Germany had donated their Western fine art collection of 117 great items to the National Art Museum of China, including four well-known Picasso paintings.