合美术馆是由光谷联合集团创办，湖北省文化厅主管的具有独立法人资格的公益性民营美术馆；建筑面积10000m²，具备国际一流标准的展览和收藏软硬体设施。本馆秉承 “学术性、国际性、开创性” 的办馆理念和 “让当代艺术走向大众” 的办馆宗旨，强调艺术家个案研究，侧重扶持艺术创新力量。努力创办面向未来，具有思想影响力、艺术传播力的新型美术馆。
合美术馆为纯白石面、悬浮水中，隐显出艺术神庙的圣灵与高洁。雕塑及装置广场前后伸展；中庭侧庭丰富多维，总建筑面积近一万平米。该馆空间布局地上三层（含夹层），地下一层；十个独立展出空间依序环绕，收放有致；学术报告厅设备齐全，功能多元；超大专业画库及一流安防设施配置高科技现代化管理；为国内外多元的当代美术作品的展出提供了一流而完备的服务系统。同时，合美术馆还有现代化的典藏画库、书吧、咖啡厅等先进配套服务设施，是集收藏、研究、展览、教育、交流、服务等功能于一体的当代美术馆。
United Art Museum was founded by Wuhan Optics Valley Union Group Corporation and administrated by Hubei Provincial Department of Culture, United Art Museum is a privately-operated art museum for public welfare which enjoys the independent legal personality and is equipped with international first-rate exhibition and collection hardware and software facilities and its floorage reaches 10,000m². In line with the management principles of “Being academic, international and ground-breaking” and the tenant of “Enabling the contemporary art to be oriented at the masses”, United Art Museum emphasizes case studies of artists, pays attention to assisting the force of artistic innovation and strives to build a new-type art museum which is geared to the needs of the future and characterized by the power for dissemination of ideas and art.
