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88 Part 3• ResearchUnits andUniversity Extensions Chinese Studies , Renditions , Chinese Langua ge Newsletter , and Twenty-First Century , as well as the cultural webpage Century China ; and suppo rts a long- termproject to construct acomprehensive electronicdatabase of CHinese ANcient Texts (the CHANT Database). The reference reading roomof the institutecontains 34,500 volumes of books and 320 periodicals. Art Museum Tel.:2609 7416 Fax.:2603 5366 E-mail :artmuseum@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/amm The Art Museum, established in 1971 as the Art Gallery, serves as a university museum and a research centre for Chinese art and antiquities. Along with semi- permanen t displays of its collection, the museum moun ts special exhibitions, organizes lectures and symposia, and provides audio guide services and docent guided tours to promote the appreciation and understanding of Chinese art. The museum collection consists of over 10,000 pieces of Chineseart from the Neolithic to modern periods, including painting and calligraphy, rubbings of ancient callig raphy, seals, ceramics, jades, bronzes, lacquerwares, and objects for the scho lar’s studio. Notable among th em are archaic seals, calligraphic rubbings,painting and calligraphy byGuangdong artists, and trade ceramics from kilns of southern China, which form the basis of research projects at the museum. The Art Museum publishes fully illustrated catalogues of special exhibitions and monographs of its collection. The Annex provides technical support for the museum. This includes the conserv ation of wor ks of art, the mounting of Chinese p ainting, woo dwork, photographic and graphic design services. The Friends of the Art Museum was founded in 1981 to sup port the Art Museum and to promote its activities. Membership is open to the public. Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art Tel.:2609 7371 Fax.:2603 7539 E-mail: ccaa@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/ccaa The centre was established in 1978 to undertake research in Chinese archaeology and art. The pu rpose was to pool the resources of the Art Museum and the depar tments of histo ry, fine arts, and anthro pology to pr omo te resear ch coop eratio n with museums and universities in mainland China and abr oad. Recently the centre has shifted the emph asis to field archaeology, and its field work team has become active in local excavations as well as collaborative projects with research institutes on the mainlan d and in southeast Asia. The centre has published several series of monographs and books on specialized subjects.