| Guanfu Museum 观复博物馆 |
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| Established | 1996 in Beijing |
| Location | Beijing China |
| Type | Art museum, History museum |
| Curator | Ma Weidu (马未都) |
| Website | http://www.guanfumuseum.org.cn/ |
Guanfu Museum (also: Guanfu Classical Art Museum) (Chinese: 观复博物馆; pinyin: Guānfù Bówùguǎn) was founded by Ma Weidu in 1996.[1] It is the among first private museums after the People's Republic of China was established.
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Originally, the museum was located on Liulichang Street in Beijing, with an exhibition area of about 400 square meters, and mainly exhibited unearthed relics from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Then, the museum was moved to Nanxiao Street from Liulichang Street in 2000 and again to Dashanzi in 2004.
The Ceramics Hall exhibits nearly 150 pieces of china which are both from official kiln and civilian kiln in the periond alomost covering 1000 years between Song Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. Each of them represent the most typical feature of five famous kiln at that time, which are Ru kiln, Jun kiln, official kiln, Ge kiln and Ding kiln.
China has a long history of making furniture. Ming furniture and Qing furniture represent the paramount of Chinese antique furniture making. Ming furniture and Qing furniture have different features. Ming furniture features simple, smooth, and flowing lines, and plain and elegant ornamentation, fully bringing out the special qualities of frame-structure furniture. Influenced by China's burgeoning foreign trade and advanced craftsmanship techniques, furniture of the Qing Dynasty period turned to rich and intricate ornamentation, along with coordinated engraved designs. Because of the high level of development of Chinese furniture in the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, most Chinese furniture design today follows in the tradition of pieces from these two periods. Covering 700 square meters, Furniture Hall in Guanfu Museum has 6 smaller exhibiting halls in it and a special Chinese ancient study room, displaying over 500 peices of furniture designed in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.