Long Museum

The Long Museum (Chinese: 龙美术馆; lit.: 'Dragon Art Museum') is a private art museum in Shanghai, China, founded by Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei. The museum has two locations in Shanghai: the Long Museum Pudong and Long Museum West Bund.[1]

Long Museum
LocationShanghai
Public transit accessMiddle Longhua Road  7 
Websitewww.longmusem.org
'CONTINUOUS' 2012 by Bert van Loo (Long Museum West Bund)

In 2016, a third location was opened in Chongqing and a Wuhan branch is scheduled for 2018.[2]

History

The Long Museum Pudong was officially opened to the public on December 18, 2012.[1] The Long Museum West Bund opened on March 28, 2014 and was China's largest private museum at the time of its opening.[3] It is the second of Chinese billionaire collectors Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei's. The architecture was designed by Liu Yichun of Atelier Deshaus.[4]

See also

References
  1. Long Museum website: About Long Museum
  2. Jiayang, Fan (November 7, 2016). "THE EMPEROR'S NEW MUSEUM". Newyorker.com. New Yorker. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  3. Naji, Cassandra (4 April 2014). "China's largest private art museum opens on Shanghai's West Bund". Art Radar. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. "Long Museum (West Bund) | SmartShanghai". www.smartshanghai.com. Retrieved 2018-04-19.



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