Founded in 1990, the mission of the Art Gallery of Yinchuan is to collect, exhibit, study and appraise art works. The art gallery has collected over 4000 art works including Chinese traditional paintings, calligraphies, oil paintings and engravings. It also holds copies of ancient paintings, and the famous Helanshan rock paintings as well as rubbings from the tombs of past dynasties based in Ningxia dating back one 1200 years. The art gallery also organizes temporary national and provincial exhibitions of art.