- National Art Museum of China
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The National Art Museum of China, or NAMOC (simplified Chinese: 中国美术馆; traditional Chinese: 中國美術館; pinyin: Zhōngguó měishùguǎn) is located at 1 Wusi Ave, Dongcheng District of Beijing, People's Republic of China. It is one of the largest art museums in China. The construction of the museum started in 1958, and concluded in 1962. It has a total land area of 30,000 square meters. The museum was renovated between May 2004 ad January 2005, and has been given an additional area of 5,375 square meters.
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,
- new year painting,
- traditional picture story,
- caricature,
- watercolor painting,
- lacquer,
- pottery, and
- costumes
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