The Metropolitan Museum of Art was established in cooperation with the Chinese Oil Painting Society under the charter of the Beijing Cultural Foundation and after four years of preparation, it was completed and officially opened in October 2013. The museum is located in the street of the Lama Palace Guozijian in Beijing's famous historical and cultural district, adjacent to the Guozijian and the Confucian Temple, with a total construction area of about 11,000 square meters, and is a public welfare oil painting professional art museum.