1953 On the day of Xu Beihong's death, Mrs. Liao Xu donated her former residence at No.6 Dongshou Road Street, Dongcheng District to the country. 1954, the "Xu Beihong Memorial Hall" based on the former residence was established, which is the first memorial hall for individual artists in New China. Guo Moruo personally inscribed the name of "Xu Beihong Memorial Hall". 1966, the construction of the Beijing subway began, and the Xu Beihong Memorial Hall just on the subway line was forcibly demolished. 1973, under the direction of Premier Zhou's "Rebuilding Xu Beihong Memorial Hall", the new museum was opened for more than ten years, and finally 1983 officially opened to the public. The new museum is located at No.53, Xinjiekou North Street. There are seven exhibition halls displaying Mr. Xu Beihong's original paintings, Chinese paintings, sketches and calligraphy. 1954, Xu Beihong Memorial Hall was established, and it has been 50 years since then. 2 1 century, with the great development of museums, Xu Beihong Memorial Hall will face an important choice in what direction to develop in the new historical period. As a public institution, museums should carry out in-depth reforms in personnel system, distribution system and institutional adjustment. Xu Beihong once lived in an elegant quadrangle at No.0/6 Dongshou Road Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. 1953, on the day of Xu Beihong's death, Ms. Liao and her family donated all the works of art left by Xu Beihong to the country. Premier Zhou Enlai wrote an inscription for Li Hongzhang's former residence. 1954, the government established the "Xu Beihong Memorial Hall" on the basis of "Xu Beihong's former residence", which was the first memorial hall for individual artists established at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Guo Moruo personally inscribed the name of "Xu Beihong Memorial Hall". The curator was Wu Zuoren, then president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Ms. Liao was the curator from 65438 to 0957. The new building was built at 1982, located at No.53, North Street, Xinjiekou, Xicheng District, with a total area of 3,900 square meters and a construction area of 4,600 square meters. The main building is a gray two-story exhibition building. * * * There is a preface hall and seven exhibition rooms. The preface hall displays Xu Beihong's self-portrait, huge photos of Xu Beihong's paintings and the preface to the exhibition. The first, second and seventh exhibition halls show Xu Beihong's representative works of Chinese painting in various periods. The fifth exhibition room displays Xu Beihong's oil paintings, the sixth exhibition room displays Xu Beihong's sketches, and the fourth exhibition room is the memorial exhibition room of Xu Beihong's life, showing the difficult course of young Xu Beihong from poor villages to the world, as well as the restoration and precious relics of his studio before his death. The new museum 1 month is open to the public, 1983, and receives more than 10000 visitors every year. In addition to the exhibition hall, in order to better preserve Mr. Xu Beihong's legacy, as well as famous paintings, tens of thousands of books and inscriptions, a modern painting library was built. The first, second and seventh exhibition halls show Xu Beihong's representative works of Chinese painting in various periods. Among them, there are huge works such as Jiufang Cake, Gong Yu Mountain, Ba People Pumping Water, National Mourning, Boatman, Shan Gui, Poor Woman, She Leaned against a Tall Bamboo to Watch the Sunset, Ma Ben, Gunma, The Cowboy and the Cow, The Cow Bath, etc. There are 10 1 sketches in the second and seventh exhibition halls, ranging from the personal gymnastics made by the painter in the French National Academy of Fine Arts and Paris Bachenas Studio in his early years to the portraits of model workers and famous scholars in his later years, as well as The Castle of the Ganges, The Forest of the Himalayas, Gandhi, The Boatman in Singapore, The Nepalese Girl and The Road to the Jiming Temple. The third and fifth exhibition halls display oil paintings, including Tian Heng 500 Scholars, Ginkgo Tree, Moonlit Night, Xiao Sheng, Statue of Chen Sanyuan, Cattle, Landscape of Guilin, Himalayas and so on. The fourth exhibition room introduces Xu Beihong's poor family, childhood fantasy, life's creation, teaching and social activities, as well as his exhibitions around the world with a large number of pictures. His brushes, drawing boards and pigments are displayed in the recovery room of the studio and the living room. Four Treasures of the Study, which he used before his death, is displayed on the painting case, and his last unfinished work, Lu Xun and Qu Qiubai, is placed on the easel. On the wall of the room hung pictures of his teacher, the famous French painter Dayang, his friend, the Indian poet Tagore, his wife a week before his death, and the last work of art he bought, Ren Bonian's Wisteria Kingfisher. At present, the memorial hall has 1286 pieces of Xu Beihong's traditional Chinese paintings, oil paintings, sketches, watercolors, pastels and calligraphy works, 1654 38+0.34 pieces of famous paintings and calligraphy works of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and modern times collected by Xu Beihong, and Chinese and foreign art books, rubbings, picture albums and pictures. Among them, Eighty-seven Immortals Volume in the Tang Dynasty, Broken Threshold Map by Zhu Jun in the Song Dynasty, Book Fan Map by Wang Youjun in the Ming Dynasty, and Return to the Boat by Jin Nong are all rare masterpieces. Xu Beihong Memorial Hall has exhibited Xu Beihong's works in New Delhi, Kolkata, Victoria, Toronto, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka and Singapore. Xu Beihong Memorial Hall has been open to the public free of charge since March 28th, 2008. The maximum number of visitors per day was set and the method of "free tickets" was adopted. Visitors need to make an appointment by phone or online in advance, and pick up tickets in front of the museum with the appointment certificate when visiting; In addition, temporary exhibitions and special exhibitions held after the museum is free are required to purchase tickets separately according to regulations; Some museums will also charge for film and television screening, audio guide rental and other projects. After Xu Beihong Memorial Hall was forced to be demolished, Premier Zhou instructed to "rebuild Xu Beihong Memorial Hall". According to the instructions of the Prime Minister, after many twists and turns, the new museum was funded by Beijing Municipal Finance, designed by Beijing Design Institute and undertaken by Beijing Fifth Construction Engineering Team. After more than ten years, the new museum was officially opened to the public in 1983 65438+ 10. The new museum is located at No.53, North Street, Xinjiekou. Covers an area of about 3900 square meters; It is divided into seven exhibition halls to display Mr. Xu Beihong's oil paintings, Chinese paintings, sketches, calligraphy and other works. Because the construction of the new museum was in the late Cultural Revolution, everything was in a hurry. At that time, the government's financial resources were limited, resulting in a slightly smaller construction area. Although known as the "new museum", it has been 20 years since it was opened, and some hardware facilities are gradually aging and need to be updated. Since 200 1, Xicheng district government has implemented "Taoyuan Phase II" in Xinjiekou area.