By collecting together the works of masters and gathering momentous from their lives, including photographs and documents, private museums are better equipped to take viewers into the artist's mindset and to enhance their appreciation of the spiritual tenor of the times. Further, they can serve as centers of research on the artist's works.
此外透過大師的作品及周邊生活環境、照片、文件等，私人美術館更容易令觀賞者體會畫家創作的精神及見證那一個時代心靈活動的風采，進一步還可成為該位藝術家的研究中心。