北京民生现代美术馆是中国民生银行全额捐资建立的民营专业美术馆。它和位于上海的上海民生现代美术馆、上海21世纪民生美术馆一起构成了民生美术机构的行动平台，一道积极推动中国艺术的创新发展，共同践履中国民生银行的文化艺术特色公益事业。
北京民生现代美术馆的建设与筹备工作于2012年启动，馆舍选址于和著名的中国当代艺术聚集地798艺术区一街之隔的北京恒通国际创新园，其前身是改革开放之初受邓小平先生之邀在京开办的中国内地首家外资企业北京松下彩管厂。美术馆利用松下厂房改造而建，由国际知名的建筑设计师朱培负责设计规划，上海建工负责施工建设。
整个改造与建设工程历时3年有余，工程于2015年4月完工。展馆面积约8200平方米，展馆主体结构由多个不规则盒子构成，既呈现出立体抽象的现代艺术形态，又彰显了视觉张力和丰富想象的自由精神。展馆内部由多个不同大小展厅构成，大厅最高净空高度达到14米，可以满足各类型作品展出的需求，以及举办各类会议、论坛、放映和公关活动等等。2015年6月25日，北京民生现代美术馆隆重开馆，并成功举办开馆展“民间的力量”。
北京民生现代美术馆将致力于现当代艺术的研究、收藏、展示、教育和传播。力求独立客观地梳理中国现当代艺术史，总结呈现当代艺术界的发展趋势和创作成果，扶持青年艺术家成长，开展当代艺术的国际交流与合作。努力打造为专业化、国际化、高质量和前瞻性的综合美术机构。当下，美术馆的含义和功能正在发生深刻的变化，从单一的展览和收藏空间向社会公共空间的转变，不仅是国际趋势和潮流，也是中国愈发开放的社会的内在需求。这对于我们既是挑战也是机遇。我们期待：未来的北京民生现代美术馆不仅是公众的美术馆，更是公众的舞台、客厅和圣殿，成为提供社会交往和激发创造想象的理想平台。
Minsheng Art Museum is sponsored and funded by the China Minsheng Banking Corporation, which is a non-profit organisation mainly establishing various types of activities that engage in art. It is also the first public welfare organisation within the context of financial institutions in Mainland China. It is based on the study of Chinese modern and contemporary art. It has an international perspective, closely reflecting the trend and the status of Chinese contemporary art, and actively promoting the communication and cooperation between Chinese contemporary art and international cutting-edge art. Minsheng Art Museum will collect and exhibit outstanding artworks from both in and out of China; it also promotes different forms of international communications to support the academic research. Meanwhile, Minsheng Art Museum conducts multiple forms of educational programmes of art and aesthetics for the public. In addition, Minsheng Art Museum also provides a report room, VIP room, literature-based reading room, art book shop and Café for visitors to enjoy in their spare time. All the visitors will be provided with the most user-friendly convenience and plenty of art education resources.
Beijing Minsheng Art Museum was established in 2012 and opened to the public in 2015. Occupying 35,000 square metres floorage and an 8,200 square metre exhibition area, it is located in Universal Creative Park, right next to the most famous contemporary art epicentre 798 Art District. The whole creative park was based on an industrial district appointed by China’s previous leader Deng Xiaoping. The future art museum is not the temple palace for successful artists anymore, but more for interaction among the public, artworks and artists. The art museum space is not for displaying art anymore but for creating art, and the triumph of the achievement of an artwork is the moment when the audience get involved in its context. The arts, the public and the art museum as a whole will be the future space for art creation and appreciation.
The museum building now is designed by architect Zhu Pei, and the museum design consultant is Thomas Krens the previous president of Guggenheim Foundation. Minsheng Art Museum thus derives in an 80’s industrial location, bringing a new atmosphere of publicity, flexibility and modernity to alter the conventional art museum set. The Minsheng Art Museum is in a flexible, diversified and abstract architectural style constructed with several irregular box exhibition spaces, blending the abstraction, contemporary visual effect and the free spirit of the art imagination together. The museum is adaptable to various challenging curatorial compositions and associating conferences, public events and forums.
