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Long Museum
Location Shanghai
Public transit access Middle Longhua Road   7 
Website www.thelongmuseum.org/en/
'CONTINUOUS' 2012 by Bert van Loo (Long Museum West Bund)

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]

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. ^ a b 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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