Tsinghua University Art Museum owns more than 13,000 pieces of collections, covering six major categories, namely, painting and calligraphy, embroidery, porcelain, furniture, bronze ware and comprehensive artwork. Most of the collections are from the Academy of Arts & Design since 1956, and donations from Tsinghua alumni or some social elites. It aims to present diversified collections, to gather the latest original works, to promote exchanges with museums both at home and abroad and to share resources, with the goal of sustaining the development of human civilization.