National Art Museum of China

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National Art Museum of China, or NAMOC (Chinese: 中国美术馆) is located on 1 Wusi Ave, Dongcheng District of Beijing. It is the largest art museum in China. It has a total land area of 30,000 square meters, construction area 17,051 square meters, and display area 6,000 square meters. The construction started in 1958, and concluded in 1962. It was one of ten grand buildings in the People's Republic of China's 10th anniversary. It has been renovated from May 2004 to January 2005, and has been added area of 5,375 square meters.

It has a main building of four stories, 1st to 3rd being display area. Originally there was 13 exhibition halls, and the number increased to 21 after renovation.