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History of Tsinghua University Art Museum

  • 1926

    The Academy of Chinese Learning and the Department of History of Tsinghua University founded a showroom for archaeological cultural relics.
     

  • 1948

    Tsinghua University (THU) established the cultural relics displaying room and prepared to build Department of Art.

  • 1950

    Museum of Arts of Tsinghua University was founded. However, due to the adjustment of Chinese university departments in 1952, THU was transformed from a comprehensive university into a multidisciplinary polytechnic university. 
    Since then, the vast majority faculty members of departments closely related to Museum of Arts of THU including Departments of History, Sociology, Geosciences, Philosophy, Anthropology were transferred out of THU, and so did the members of the art museum committee. Part of the collections were removed accordingly as well.

  • 1999

    Central Academy of Arts and Crafts was merged into THU which greatly enriched the university collection resources and put the project of THU Art Museum on schedule.
     

  • 2003

    Mario Botta, the well-known Swiss architect successful won the bidding during the invited tenders for Tsinghua University Art Museum.
     

  • 2008

    The leading preparatory group of the Art Museum was established in 2008.

  • 2012

    Promoted and supported by three alumni--Zhang Chaoyang, Shi Jinshan and Mo Tianquan, construction of the art museum was started.
     

  • 2013

    In January, Century Golden Resources Group generously invested 200 million RMB to support the construction of TAM, thus the museum is entitled—Huang Rulun Museum.
     

  • 2014

    On January 7th, the 9th Tsinghua university assembly for the 2013 to 2014 academic year discussed and decided to found Tsinghua University Art Museum(TAM), and officially issued the Notice on the Foundation of Tsinghua University Art Museum(Tsinghua University issuance〔2014〕No. 1 document).
     
    On December 26th, the museum received the rock-rubbing of bhikkhu sculpture in the second year of Huangjian reign, Beiqi Dynasty, rock-rubbing of Qi Guo Shi Yu's sculpture and pottery well loop epigraph of Han dynasty donated by Wu Libo.
     
    On December 29th, century exhibition of Tsinghua University calligraphy, jointly sponsored by Academy of Arts and Design of THU, THU Archive and TAM, was held in the art gallery of Academy of Arts and Design.
     
    On December 30th, TAM received $20,000 (123,251RMB) donated by Ni Mingliang. The donation had been transferred to Tsinghua University Education Foundation and the account of “Art Museum Development Fund”was opened. 

  • 2015

    On April 8th, employment ceremony of the first curator of TAM was held. Mr Fengyuan became the first curator of TAM. He is also Vice President of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Deputy Director of Central Research Institute of Culture and History, Vice Chairman of Chinese Artists Association and Honorary President of Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University.
     
    On April 8th, a report meeting for the preparatory work was held in TAM. University leaders including Xie Weihe, Zhang Fengchang and Wang Mingzhi attended the meeting. A dozen of experts respectively from Academy of Arts and Design, Academy of Architecture, Library and Department of History of THU were invited to attend the meeting to discuss the plan of first exhibition, collection management and interdepartmental cooperation to name a few.
     
    On April 8th, Mr Mou Guangfeng donated 8 original poetry scripts made by professor Huang Wanli, a well-known water conservancy engineering expert.
     
    On June 25th, Shenzhen Wangye Museum donated 10 porcelains including a twisted glazed square pillow from Gongxian kiln, Tang Dynasty.
     
    On July 15th, the founding convention and first assembly of academic committee of TAM was held. Mr Cheng Jianping presented the letter of chairman appointment to Mr. Wang Mingzhi. Mr.Cheng Jianping and Mr.Feng Yuan then presented appointment letters of committee member to 20 committee members on site.
     

  • 2016

    On March 9th, Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage officially approved the filing of Tsinghua University Art Museum.
     
    On April 24th, inauguration ceremony of TAM was held. The ceremony was attended by Mr. Qiu Yong, President of THU, Mr. Ji Junmin, Vice President of THU, Mr. Yang Bin, Vice President and Director General of Tsinghua University Education Foundation, Mr. Huang Tao, President of Century Golden Resources Group. The museum leaders and staff as well as more than a hundred guests were also present at this ceremony.
     
    On April 27th, TAM officially became a member of Chinese Museum Association.
     
    On September 6th, the second assembly of Academic Committee of TAM was held.
     
    On the afternoon of September 10th, a grand inauguration ceremony was held to mark the opening of Tsinghua University Art Museum. Guan Qiang, Deputy Director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Xie Xiaoquan, Deputy Director of the National Museum of China, Qiu Yong, President of Tsinghua University and Feng Yuan, Director of Tsinghua University Art Museum all addressed the ceremony respectively. The inauguration of TAM was announced by Hua Jianmin, Vice-Chairperson of The National People's Congress and Director of the Strategic Development Committee. More than four hundred people attended the opening ceremony, including Executive Vice President of the Central Party School He Yiting, Party Secretary and Vice President of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Zhao Shi, Chinese-American Nobel laureate of physics Yang Zhenning, Swiss architect Mario Botta, diplomats of various countries and curators of main art museums from abroad.
     
    On the night of September 10th, TAM arranged a “Night at Museum” event to celebrate its opening and a 3D Mapping Show was projected on the south square of the museum. Combining innovative techniques of digital video and unique features of architectural structure, the show brought the audience into a wonderland of light and shadow. “Opening Show”, “Art and Science” and “Look Ahead” composed the three chapters of the projection, in which classic collections of TAM and achievements of humanistic ideas and cutting-edge technology were vividly displayed. Nearly ten thousand people were attracted to the spot to enjoy this copious audio-visual feast.
     
    On the morning of September 11th, Chen Xu, Sectary of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University addressed the opening ceremony held for academic events of TAM. A series of academic activities were then officially launched at the ceremony, including Curatorial Forum on Prospects of University Museums, International Symposium on Art and Science and Expert Colloquium on Museums and Contemporary Art. By reflecting and forecasting on the role of university museum, these activities aimed to find out how to construct the university museums, how these university museums should interact with teaching and research of the university, and how they could contribute to talent cultivation. Positive results were yielded from these activities.
     

  • 2017

    On April 30th, alumni of 1997 of Tsinghua pledged the statues in memory of the Four Great Tutors.


    On May 12th, Tsinghua University Art Museum Review Committee was founded.


    From May 17th to 20th, members of the CPC Party Branch of Tsinghua Art Museum went to visit Nanchang and Jinggangshan for educational activities with the theme of "Tracing the footmark of revolutionary pioneers and visiting museum colleagues".

     

    On September 10th, Tsinghua University Art Museum Council Foundation was founded.

     

    On September 10th, Tsinghua University Art Museum Council Foundation was founded and the First meeting of the First Session of the Council was convened. 

     
    On September 10th, the First Summary Meeting of Tsinghua University Art Museum volunteers was convened.

     

    On October 20th, the Framework Agreement on Inter-museum Cooperation was signed between Tsinghua University Art Museum and China Custome Museum.


    On October 26th, the Framework Agreement on Inter-museum Cooperation was signed between Tsinghua University Art Museum and Capital Museum.


    On December 9th, the Donation Ceremony of the French contemporary Artist Martial Raysse’s sculpture Ric de Hop la Houppe was held at Tsinghua University Art Museum.

     

  • 2018

    On January 12th, Tsinghua University Art Museum Curatorial Committee was founded.


    On January 22nd, the Sino-Swiss Architecture Dialogue 2018 was held at Tsinghua University Art Museum.

     
    On April 29th, the naming ceremony of the Yuehan Pond donated by alumni of 1988 of Tsinghua University was held at Tsinghua University Art Museum.


    On May 14th, the Framework Agreement on Inter-museum Cooperation was signed between Tsinghua University Art Museum and Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy.


    In June, the CPC Party Branch of Tsinghua University Art Museum went to Shijiazhuang and Xibaipo(both located in Hebei province)to deliver art courses at Xibaipo Hope Primary School and Hope Secondary School. This activity has been awarded the 2018 Annual Excellent Special Activities of the Party Branch of Tsinghua University.

     
    From June to July, the museum carried on the plan of Staff Trainning Programme, including develop research studies in museums of other provinces and cities and summarized the studies intensively.

     

    On July 9th, the conference of Tsinghua University Art Museum Academic Commitee was convened.

     

    On July 12th, the Establishment Meeting of Tsinghua University Art Museum Collection Appraisal Expert Committee was convened.


    On September 2nd, the Second Summary Meeting of Tsinghua University Art Museum volunteers was convened.


    On October 30th, the Framework Agreement on Inter-museum Cooperation was signed between Tsinghua University Art Museum and Price Gong’s Mansion Museum.

     
    In November, Tsinghua University Art Museum became the Vice-chairman Unit attached to Museum's Professional Committee of Higher Learning Institutions of the Museum Society.


    In December, Tsinghua University Art Museum joined National Union of Art Museums in Colleges and Universities as one of the first batch of memberships.

     
    On December 23rd, the Council Meeting of Tsinghua University Art Museum 2018 was convened.

     

    On December 28th, Tsinghua University Art Museum won the title of Favourite Museum in Your Favourite Museum 2018 Vote launched by Beijing Tourism Network.

     

  • 2019

    On July 1st, the donation ceremony for 66 pieces of Wu Guanzhong's paintings donated by Wu Keyu was held at Tsinghua University Art Museum.

     
    On September 6th, the donation ceremony of Li Bo'an's work "Out of Bayanhara" was held at Tsinghua University Art Museum.

     

    On September 30th, the Wen C. Fong Center for Chinese Art & Archaeology was established at the Tsinghua University Art Museum.

     
    On November 1st, the Tsinghua University Art Museum signed the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation with the Gansu Provincial Museum.

     

    On November 25th, the first conference of the second Academic Committee was held.

     

    On December 13th, the Tsinghua University Art Museum signed the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation with the Tianjian Museum.


    On December 17th, the Tsinghua University Art Museum signed the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation with the Beijing Auto Museum.

     

  • 2020

    In April, Tsinghua University Art Museum was selected by Beijing Municipal Departments as one of the first “New Era Civilization Practice Institutions”.


    On June 5, "EVERLASTING LIKE THE HEAVENS:The Cultures and Arts of the Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang" was nominated as the "National Excellent Exhibition of Art Museums in 2019" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.


    On September 10th, the fourth anniversary of the opening of the Tsinghua University Art Museum, the Century Golden Resources Group donated 50 million RMB to establish the Strategic Development Fund of Tsinghua University Art Museum. Focusing on the construction and development of TAM, the fund brings together the strength of prominent individuals, distinguished alumni and prestigious enterprises to support high-quality exhibitions, the collection and solicitation of valuable collections, the conduction of academic research, and international communication.


    On September 18th, Du Pengfei, the Executive Vice President of Tsinghua University Art Museum, was elected to be the Vice President of the China Museum Association at the 7th National Congress of the China Museum Association.


    On December 21st, TAM became the "National First-Class Museum".

     

  • 2021

    On January 13rd, the second meeting of the second Academic Committee was held.


    In this year, Tsinghua University Art Museum was elected as a member of the 8th Vice Board Chair Unit of the Chinese Museums Association, selected as Institution for Beijing Cultural Tourism Experience and one of the first National Educational Institution for Science Communication (2021-2025).


    Special Exhibition "Splendor of Huaxia: The Essence of Shanxi's Ancient Civilization" was selected as "Excellent" in the 2021 Beijing Museums Excellent Exhibition Selection.


  • 2022

    On January 6th, the third conference of the second Academic Committee was held.


    "Liang: the Overarching—A Documenta Celebrating Liang Sicheng's 120th Anniversary" was selected as one of the key recommended programmes for the "Exhibition of 2022 on the Theme of Promoting China's Fine Traditional Culture and Fostering the Core Socialist Values".


    "Ode to the Red Candle: Wen Yiduo and Wen Lipeng Art Exhibition" was selected as "Excellent" in the 2022 Beijing Museums Excellent Exhibition Selection.


    "Untold Implications: Feng Yuan Art Exhibition"was selected as the "National Excellent Exhibition of Art Museums in 2022" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.


  • 2023

    On April 14th, the first conference of the third Academic Committee was held.