从国际趋势来看,许多大型博物馆都已将艺术作品的收藏、展览和研究工作提升到了极其重要的位置,博物馆的办馆理念和事业方向也随着时代的发展而有了根本性的变化。为加快国家文化事业的发展,建成一个历史与艺术并重、能与中国大国地位和国家形象相称的世界一流的国家博物馆,中国国家博物馆的筹建工作开始被提上日程。2002年9月14日,中央机构编制委员会办公室批复文化部,同意将中国历史博物馆、中国革命博物馆合并组建成为中国国家博物 In terms of international trends, many large-scale museums have brought the collection, exhibition and research work of art to an extremely important position. The museum’s philosophy and career direction have also changed fundamentally with the development of the times. In order to speed up the development of national cultural undertakings and build a world-class national museum that places equal emphasis on history and art and is commensurate with the position of China as a great nation and the country’s image, the preparatory work for the establishment of the National Museum of China began to be put on the agenda. On September 14, 2002, the office of the Central Organization Compilation Committee approved the Ministry of Culture and agreed to merge the Chinese Historical Museum and the Chinese Revolutionary Museum into the National Museum of China