广东美术馆是按现代多功能目标规划建设的造型艺术博物馆，是一个不以营利为目的、为社会和社会发展服务、向公众开放的永久性国家文化事业机构。1997年11月落成开馆。它担负着对国家艺术珍品的收藏、研究、展示以及公民素质教育、对外文化交流、推动当代美术事业发展的社会责任和历史使命。具备收藏、研究、陈列展览、教育、交流、服务六大功能。美术馆建筑面积22，000平方米，馆内有12个展览厅和户外雕塑展示区，可同时或分别举办大型展览和不同题材的展览；拥有280坐席、能进行两声道同步传译的现代化多功能学术厅，可用于国际学术交流和影视放送；还有大面积的教育功能区以及配套的综合服务设施，是国家4A级旅游景点。该馆还增设了广州白云时代分馆，1，500平方米；广东东莞分馆，3，000平方米。

Guangdong Museum of Art

Guangdong Museum of Art is a major cultural establishment in Guangdong and the largest of its kind in China. Equipped with all the necessary modern facilities, this museum, like the best art museums in advanced countries, is a place where works of art are preserved, studied and displayed. It also performs the functions of education, service and exchange. With a total area of 22,000 square meters and a display area of over 8,000 square meters, this museum consists of twelve exhibition halls, in which large scale exhibitions and smaller ones of different themes can be held. The 280-seat multifunctional hall with modernized 2-channel simultaneous interpretation facilities is an ideal place for holding international academic conferences and showing movies and videos. In addition, there are special areas devoted to education and various kinds of service, making the Museum a 4A national tourist attraction. Guangdong Museum of Art still adds Guangzhou Baiyun Times Museum and Guangdong Dongguan Museum as its branch museums. The area of Times Museum is 1,500 square meters and the area of Dongguan Museum is 3,000 square meters.