The Study On Chinese Art Museum Space

Since 2000,more and more new museums have been built all over China.Althoughthe scale growing so fast,we still lack the idea of designing the museum space.So weneed to think about current situation afresh,and to find out a suited way,which isdifferent from the western museums,to exhibit the Chinese arts.Through looking back the history of the Chinese Museum,the author advances thecore viewpoint that setting up the context of the Chinese traditional arts in the museum,and then analyses some cases to demonstrate how to design the space of the ChineseMuseums.The whole dissertation is composed of four parts.The first part begins with reviewing the evolvement history of China's museumspace from the time that first museum of China was established to today.In course of thestudy,the space is divided into two parts:architecture and exhibition hall.The second part tries to criticize the museum space in China.According to thedifferent spatial function,the research is divided into the two aspects:the public spaceand exhibition space,and the review focus on the relation of visitors,exhibits andenvironment in museum.The absence of considering the visitor's experience is the mainthing of our museums。The lack of profound meanings in exhibitions is another problem.The third part mentions how to solve the current problems.It is a feasible way thatreinventing the context of Chinese Arts.At first,the writer analyses the development ofwestern museum space's art context,then tries to find out the prototype of modernmuseum space through studying on the Chinese traditional garden,and interiorfurnishings.The classical display method is very helpful to modern exhibition design.The fourth part studies on some examples of modern space,including the westernexhibition hall of Chinese arts.The successful cases can help us to construct the artcontext of new museum space.As The Beijing Palace Museum has a long history,itbecomes an important case for discussing the situation of Chinese museum space.At the end,the writer advances the perspectives of Chinese museum.The futurespace must be a place that people can communicate with each other.This dissertation notonly set up the system of Chinese museum space's theory,but also point out a practicaldirection for our new museums.