Jiangsu Art Museum

The predecessor of Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum is the "National Art Gallery" built in August 1936. It is the first National Art Museum in modern China and the beginning of the development of China's Art Museum. The first batch of national key art museums have a long history of 70 years since 1936. It is located in Daxing Palace in Nanjing. In September 1960, it was officially named Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum. Since its establishment, Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum has been responsible for organizing art works exhibition, collecting excellent art works, carrying out art creation, research and foreign cultural exchanges. Its collections are in the forefront of national art museums in terms of quantity and quality. We often hold academic seminars, compile and print "Yearbook" year by year, and issue "Jiangsu fine arts" newspaper.

Jiangsu Art Museum

Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, located in Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, was built in 1936. It is the first National Art Museum in modern China. It is the beginning of the development of China's Art Museum. Now it has two exhibition buildings, the old one and the new one, with a total construction area of 40000 square meters. It is one of the first batch of national key art museums and cultural relics protection units in Jiangsu Province.

The collection is mainly composed of modern and contemporary art works, as well as ancient and modern Chinese and foreign works. The most important thing in the plan is to collect the works of the representative painters of the "new Jinling school". There are nearly 10000 pieces in the collection, among which the most abundant are Chinese paintings, including works of Wumen School of Ming Dynasty, four kings of early Qing Dynasty, eight Jinling schools, eight Yangzhou monsters, maritime school, new Jinling school and other famous artists in the 20th century. In addition, it also collects a large number of prints, Chinese oil paintings, Chinese watercolor paintings, contemporary calligraphy, folk art and other art works.

With international standards and characteristics of the times, the new museum of Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum has achieved first-class standards in function setting, equipment configuration and architectural decoration. It is an important place for art collection, research and exhibition in Jiangsu Province and even in China. It has become an activity center for art information dissemination and cultural exchange at home and abroad.

Historical evolution

In 1936, China's first national art museum was born in Nanjing, the capital of China. This is the predecessor of Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, the national art gallery.

In 1960, it was officially renamed Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum. Through the efforts of several generations for more than half a century. With the development of Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, it has won an important position in the field of Chinese Art Museum. Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum is a museum of plastic arts, which has many functions such as collection, research, display, exhibition, exchange, service and so on. The current site of the museum is adjacent to the Great Hall of the people and the presidential palace in Nanjing. It is also a site of modern Chinese history.

The main building of Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum is a Republic of China building integrating western modern architectural style and national style. In terms of quantity and quality, the collection of the museum is in the forefront of the national art museums. Up to now, we have collected nearly ten thousand classic collections, and initially formed ten special series, including Ming and Qing Dynasty calligraphy and painting, modern Chinese painting, modern Chinese calligraphy, Chinese New prints, Chinese watercolor, Jiangsu watermark prints, foreign prints, folk crafts, Xia Tonghao's donated works, and Japanese local toys. The collection has been exhibited in Japan, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Jiangsu Art Museum consists of Jiangsu printing academy, Jiangsu oil painting and Sculpture Academy and Jiangsu painting studio.

In 2004, with the approval of the provincial government, the new museum of Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum was officially established, and will be built into a first-class modern art museum.

On November 6, 2006, the construction of the new Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum officially started. Li Yuanchao, Secretary of Jiangsu provincial Party committee, and Liang Baohua, governor of Jiangsu Province, jointly laid the foundation for the new museum.

Introduction to the new museum

It is the common wish of generations of art museum people to build a modern Jiangsu Art Museum. Under the care of the provincial government and leaders at all levels, the construction of the new museum was officially included in the "cultural province construction plan" project in 2004, and the foundation will be laid on the 70th anniversary of the construction.

The new museum is adjacent to the Museum of modern Chinese history, the new Nanjing Library and the memorial hall of Meiyuan New Village. It looks at Hanfu street in the East, Changjiang Road in the north and Zhongshan East Road in the south, covering an area of 13000 square meters. After completion, the new museum will have the international standard and the characteristics of the times, and the functional setting, equipment configuration, architectural decoration and other standards will reach the first-class level. It should become an important place for art collection, research and exhibition in Jiangsu and even the whole country, and an activity center for art information dissemination and cultural exchange at home and abroad.

Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum is about to open a new page, a modern, classic and popular unity, with a broad mind to accept people and culture from all over the world. The new museum of Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum is one of the ten major social construction projects in Jiangsu Province during the 11th Five Year Plan period. With a total investment of 300 million yuan, the new library project is located on the cultural street of Changjiang Road, adjacent to the presidential palace and the new library of Nanjing. It is located in the area bounded by the south of Changjiang Road, the west of Hanfu street, the north of Zhongshan East Road and the East of Central Hotel, covering an area of 10000 square meters, 190-200 meters long from north to South and 150-160 meters wide from east to west. The design scheme of the new hall is designed by KSP architectural design firm in Germany. The main building is 24 meters high, with four floors above the ground and two floors underground, covering an area of 10600 square meters and a total construction area of 28000 square meters. There are nearly 10 exhibition halls of various sizes, with an area of 7000 square meters. The area of the exhibition hall is nearly four times larger than that of the old one. The largest exhibition hall is 1400 square meters, with a floor height of 8 meters. The total investment of the project is 300 million yuan.

At the same time, the new museum also has a variety of functions, such as research, collection, exchange, education and art services, reaching the national first-class level. After completion, the new Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum will become an important art collection, research, exhibition and civic quality education base in Jiangsu Province and even the whole country, an activity center for art information dissemination and cultural exchanges at home and abroad, a publicity window to show the level of Jiangsu's culture and art and social education, and a major cultural project to promote the construction of a strong cultural province in Jiangsu Province.

Organization setup

The organization of the museum includes: Curator's office, administration department, business department, academic department, collection department, exhibition department, Jiangsu printing academy, Jiangsu oil painting and Sculpture Academy, finance department, security department and art service department.

Practical information

1、 From Tuesday to Sunday: 9:00-17:00, closed at 16:30 p.m. and closed on Monday.

2、 Admission by ticket is invalid.

3、 Drinking water, smoking and loud noise are not allowed in the exhibition hall; those with untidy clothes are not allowed to enter.

4、 Chewing gum and littering are not allowed in the library. The library should be kept clean.

5、 Inflammable, explosive and dangerous chemicals are strictly prohibited to be brought into the museum.

6、 In case of emergency, please follow the unified command of on-site staff and evacuate according to the designated line.

7、 Take good care of the exhibits and visit them in a civilized way. Please follow the instructions or the guidance of the staff.

8、 Pay attention to safety during the visit and take good care of your belongings to avoid loss.

Traffic information

Nanjing Metro Line 2 or Nanjing Metro Line 3 to daxinggong station is located opposite to Nanjing Library

Address: 266 Changjiang Road, Baixia District, Nanjing

Longitude: 118.798788

Latitude: 32.041453

Tel: 025-86643757; 025-844

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