南通市中心美术馆成立于2008年5月，是南通市第一家民办非企业美术馆。
美术馆位于风光旖旎的南濠河之滨、南通城市博物馆东侧，紧邻南大街商业圈中心。中心美术馆是在张謇之兄张詧的城南别业基础上改建而成，这里杨柳依依、碧波荡漾，现代的大块面玻璃和钢结构与红砖碧瓦的晚清建筑完美融合，在绿树掩映中更显现代与时尚。
展区面积达1400平方米，固定展线长度220米，层高3~3.5米，中庭高8米，外场占地2000余平方米，可举办各类大型展览。馆内划分有主展区、艺术书店、阅览休息区、报告厅和办公区五大功能区域。
中心美术馆一直致力于美术展览、收藏研究和教育传播工作，大力挖掘地方美术资源，促进国际间艺术交流与合作。我们力求通过规范化运营，将中心美术馆打造为一个具有专业化水准、国际化视野的美术研究机构。
Nantong Central Art Gallery, founded in May 2008, is the first privately-owned non-profit gallery.
The gallery is located to the east of Nantong City Museum beside the picturesque moat and within easy reach of South Street known as the busiest CBD. It is established on the basis of Chengnan Villa, which used to be owned by Zhang Cha, the third brother of Zhang Jian who was No.1 Imperial Scholar of Qing Dynasty. With weeping willows and limpid water to its south, the building is a perfect combination of modern vogue and traditional style so that both the large glass panels as well as the steel structure, the red bricks and dark tiles can be seen all together here.
There are1400m2 of exhibition floor space with 220m of displaying length. The height of each storey is 3 to 3.5m while that of the central parlor is 8m. The outdoor area is more than 2000 m2. It is available for holding various exhibitions in fairly big size and scale. The indoor space is made up of five functional divisions, namely the Main Exhibition Hall, the Arts Book Store, the Lounge, the Conference Hall and the Office Area.
Nantong Central Art Gallery has been always engaged in art exhibition, collection, research, education and publicity. Great effort has been made to explore local art resources and promote art exchange and cooperation between nations. We aim at turning it into an art research institution with professional standard and internationalized perspectives through standardized operation.
美术馆宗旨
·传承经典艺术
·推荐先锋艺术
Vision of This Gallery:
l Carrying on classic arts
l Recommending avant-garde arts
曾举办展览列表：
·“流芳百年·南通近代乡贤书画作品展”；
·“纪念改革开放30周年·2008南通美术大展”；
（30年来南通市第一次举办这样规模的美术展览）
·“巴金、冰心、矛盾文学大师风采暨藏书票展览·南通文学名人风采展”；
·“邵大箴水墨画展”；
·“空而满的画面：沈忱作品展”（Void but complete pictures: recent works of Shenchen）、“梦的碎片——钱培琛近作展”、“潘一杭近作展”（三位旅美画家的展览）；
·“影像民国――――1927―1949年老照片展”；
·“真赏――通派盆景扇面展”；
·“从列宾美院走来――第二代留俄艺术家油画作品展”；
·“陈丹青画展”；
文化教育讲座：
·抽象艺术与沈忱的绘画――钱志坚；
·西方艺术的鉴赏与收藏简述――韩江鹤；
·中国画的创作与欣赏――邵大箴；
·从影像走向民国――李继峰；
·通派盆景的特色与雀舌盆景的养护、制作方法――徐志惠；
·扇面艺术的历史和鉴赏――康荣、魏武、王法；
·俄罗斯油画艺术史及油画鉴赏――王铁牛；
·漫谈我的画路变迁――陈丹青；
公益活动：
·情系汶川——南通书画名家捐赠作品展；
·“童画”张彦伟小朋友卡通画展；
·暖冬――南通市中心美术馆情暖灾区 棉衣捐赠活动；
文化活动
·“中国原创音乐会”；
·“水墨琴韵――南通梅庵琴社古琴晚会”；
·“畅神·雅集――昆曲晚会”（昆曲第一次到南通）；
·“列宾之夜――俄罗斯经典音乐会”；
