China News Service, Beijing, May 8th (Reporter Shangguanyun) Have you been to a museum recently?

For many people, museums with rich collections and profound cultural heritage have become a good place to spend their spare time.

　　On the 8th, the 2021 "5•18 International Museum Day" China main venue event press conference was held in Beijing.

Guan Qiang, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, introduced the activities in the main venue of the International Museum Day in China this year.

This year there are not only various wonderful exhibitions, but also academic seminars, lectures and other activities to build a platform for the museum to communicate with the public.

The main venue event will be held here

　　It is reported that "International Museum Day" was initiated by the International Association of Museums (ICOM), which aims to promote the healthy development of the global museum cause and attract the public to understand, participate and pay attention to the museum cause. The time is set on May 18 each year. Every year, a theme is determined.

Data map: Previously, the audience experienced the "Museum Wonderful Night" activity in the Nanjing Museum in the dark.

Photo by Yang Bo

　　China formally joined the International Expo Association in 1983, and thereafter organizes related activities around the theme of "International Museum Day" every year.

Beginning in 2009, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage began to use the main venue to carry out Museum Day activities, which have been held in Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Nanning, Jinan, Nanjing, Shijiazhuang, Hohhot, Beijing and other places for 12 times.

　　According to Guan Qiang, 2021 "5•18 International Museum Day" China's main venue activities will be hosted by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Beijing Municipal People's Government, undertaken by the Chinese Museum Association and Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage, Beijing Museum Association, Capital Museum, Beijing Municipality Co-organized by related museums.

　　This year, the main venue event will be held at the Capital Museum from May 17th to 18th.

This year’s Museum Day event focused on the theme of “Museum’s Future: Restoration and Remodeling”, and jointly discussed how museums should respond to multiple challenges in the future under the background of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control worldwide, adjust and improve their functional positioning in time, and actively explore The new direction, new model and new plan of museum development.

　　Guan Qiang said that this year’s event will adopt a combination of online and offline communication methods, including the opening ceremony of the main venue in China, the museum day theme forum, the final review meeting of the top ten exhibition exhibitions of national museums, and the second museum youth forum. , And museum night activities, will be webcast or topic push.

What other exciting activities?

　　The reporter combed and found that this year’s main venue activities are very rich. In addition to the annual "Top Ten National Museums Exhibitions" and "National Most Innovative Museums" promotion results, the annual statistics of museums will also be held. Series of special activities.

　　Among them are the opening of "Wannian Yongbao: Achievements in the Protection of Cultural Relics in Chinese Collections", the second Museum Youth Forum and Museum Day theme forums, and the launch of "Museum 5G New Life", "China National Treasure Conference", and "Golden Microphone Walk The museum takes you to read China together" thematic activities, "Reading City Yue Space" Museum Children's Learning Center and Beijing "Reading City Station" and other special activities.

　　According to Chen Mingjie, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Beijing regional museums and memorial halls will host a series of distinctive theme activities, exhibitions, academic seminars, public interactive activities and cultural heritage promotion.

　　It is understood that in addition to the above-mentioned Chinese main venue activities, all parts of the country will also follow the unified deployment of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to carry out thousands of activities with rich content and various forms around the theme of International Museum Day to build a platform for museums to communicate with the public.

Data map: Previously, May 18 was the International Museum Day. Tourists came to Gansu Provincial Museum in Lanzhou, Gansu to visit in an orderly manner and experience the Silk Road civilization.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Gao Zhan

　　For example, Fujian, Guizhou, Henan, Liaoning, Ningxia and other provinces and cities will host the main venues of the International Museum Day in the region. The Hebei Museum, Henan Museum, Shanxi Museum, Gansu Museum and other museums will be held on "5•18". Before and after launching new exhibitions, many museums in Jiangsu, Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Guangxi and other places will provide free explanation and other services on May 18.

　　In addition, local museums will also organize various offline activities such as mobile exhibitions, cultural lectures, cultural relic identification, cultural and creative releases, interactive experiences, education and research around this year's theme, as well as online exhibitions, webcasts, cultural knowledge network competitions, etc. Online featured activities.

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