May 15,2020 -- As one of Tibet's key cultural projects, the construction of Tibet Art Museum, located at the former site of Lhasa Cement Plant, began on March 23. It is an important stride made by the CPC Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee and the local government for developing regional cultural and art industries. The design of this museum incorporates unique elements of the cement plant and revives the memory of Tibet's industrial culture and revolutionary memory.

 

The building of Tibet Art Museum was first proposed by Han Shuli, then chairman of Tibet's Artists Association andmember of the CPPCC National Committee, at the "Two Sessions" of 2016.

 

He argued that there was no art museum in Tibet, despite many cities in Central China were home to a number of government-run or private art museums. He suggested that Tibet Art Museum should foster its strength, circumvent its weakness, and show the specialty of Himalaya’s plastic art involving its collection, display and research.

 

The project was launched in 2018. With an investment of 350 million yuan RMB, Tibet Art Museum covers an area of 47,340 ㎡.

 

The profile of Tibet Art Museum is like a Tibetan key from an aerial view on the design sketch. Known as “key of Himalaya”, it integrates four functional zones and will become an important platform for showing Himalaya's culture.

 

It is the only art museum converted from an industrial site among China's provinces, according to Li Li, the project's chief designer and professor of Tongji University. Remaining the original buildings as much as possible, the construction of Tibet Art Museum, with a scientific layout, will embrace the characteristics of Tibetan culture as well as complexity of a modern giant art museum.