A museum to give a review of the art education in the country is due to be constructed at the end of the year, at the campus of Beijing Normal University in Zhuhai, a costal city of Guangdong province.
The museum will trace how art education has been carried out, in the stage of basic education — preschool, primary and secondary years — since the early 20th century.
A new museum under construction at the Beijing Normal University in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, will review the basic art education at school over the past 120 years. [Photo provided to China Daily]To be operated by BNU's School of Future Design in Zhuhai, the museum will show all sorts of education materials, used by the teaching staff and students, in the cities and the extensive countryside.
The museum will be accessible to members of the education sector and aims to establish lasting partnerships with institutions abroad. Through these collaborations, the museum intends to introduce new ideas and incorporate them into ongoing reforms in basic art education.