XXXII FISAE Congress, Beijing, 2008.

      Beijing World Art Museum is the first of its kind in China that specia1izes in foreign artscollection, exhibition and art hi8tory studies. By col1aborating with art museums,schools and other educationa1 institutions worldwide, it strives to acquaint local peoplewith broad human civilization, promote cultural communication, art education, and tosatisfy curious hearts of its audience. In this way, it will provide a window for worid artdisplay and platform for communication amorig cultures.
      The museum erijoys location within China Millennium Monument that is one of the landmarks in Beijing City. It covers an area of 2O,OOO square meters, and diVide8 into three parts of permanent exhibition, special exhibition and digital art gallery. Permarient g8llery presents an overview of world art, while special exhibition focuse8 on some point and always lasts for shorter time than permanent exhibition. Digital art gallery enables more people to access museum and art, as the advanced technologies are adopted in information collection, storage etc. in virtual museum, web live show and search engine. Museum is proud to take the lead in display conditions and digital storage.
      It equips with modern facilities for exhibition, like fire extingUishers, temperature and humid 1ight. Thus Beijing World Art Mu8eum is envisioned an ideal place for art exhibitions.