Art galleries are institutions that collect, preserve, exhibit and study works of art. A kind of museum. The word comes from Greek and was originally dedicated to the temple of the muse, the goddess of literature, art and science. /kloc-Before the 0/9th century, there were museums dedicated to or mainly collecting fine arts. For example,/kloc-the earliest Christian museum established by the Vatican in the 0/8th century, 1759, the British Museum opened. The Louvre Museum, established in France from 65438 to 0893, is an epoch-making event in the history of art galleries. Because general museums only collect ancient works of art, a new type of museum appeared at the beginning of the 20th century-a modern art museum mainly collecting contemporary works. The new york Museum of Modern Art, which was born in 1929, exhibits works after Impressionism, which is another revolution in the history of the museum. Later, modern art galleries were established in Paris and Tokyo. There are about 7000 art galleries around the world. The Modern Art Museum in China was born after the Revolution of 1911. 1925 The Palace Museum is an art-oriented museum based on the Cultural Relics Exhibition Center of the Forbidden City in Beijing. China Art Museum, built in 1959, is the collection and exhibition center of China's art works after the 20th century. The nature and function of art galleries can be divided from many angles. They can be used as an effective means to improve the public's cultural and artistic literacy, assist art education, and provide artists with creative activities opportunities for exchange and mutual learning. Therefore, its functions are increasingly specialized, developing in a multi-level direction and becoming a multi-functional complex. All kinds of knowledge about art galleries have formed art gallery science and become a new discipline.