National Art Museum of China
The National Art Museum of China, or NAMOC (Chinese: 中国美术馆) is located on 1 Wusi Ave, Dongcheng District of Beijing, People's Republic of China. It is one of the largest art museums in China. It has a total land area of 30,000 square meters. The construction of the museum started in 1958, and concluded in 1962. The National Art Museum of China has been renovated from May 2004 to January 2005, and has been added an additional area of 5,375 square meters.
Its permanent collection includes both ancient and contemporary Chinese artworks as well as notable Western artworks. Its collections are also divided into specific categories of: "traditional Chinese painting", "oil painting", "print", "sculpture", "new year painting", "traditional picture story", "caricature", "watercolor painting", "lacquer", "pottery" and "costumes".
Although the museum contains collection of ancient and imperial Chinese art, it's 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, 1st to 3rd being display area. There are a total of 21 exhibition halls at the museum.
