China News Agency, Wuhan, May 18 (Reporter Liang Ting Yingni) In 2021, there will be 395 new registered museums nationwide, and the total number of registered museums will reach 6,183, ranking among the top in the world.
5,605 museums across the country are open for free, accounting for more than 90%.
The 2022 "May 18 International Museum Day" main venue event with the theme of "The Power of Museums" opened in Wuhan on the 18th. The reporter learned the above news.
The main event of "5.18 International Museum Day" is hosted by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the People's Government of Hubei Province, and undertaken by the China Association of Museums, the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau), and the Wuhan Municipal People's Government.
The event was held online and offline, and the main venue was located in the Hubei Provincial Museum.
Li Qun, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism and Director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, attended the opening ceremony online and delivered a speech, and Hubei Governor Wang Zhonglin attended the event and delivered a speech.
In the past ten years, the development of Chinese museums has achieved remarkable results.
Li Qun, vice minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, said in a video speech that the museum condenses the Chinese spirit, promotes the excellent traditional Chinese culture, inherits the revolutionary culture, develops the advanced socialist culture, cultivates and practices the socialist core values, enhances the The country’s cultural soft power; through the establishment of museum alliances, the construction of museum cities, the promotion of “mobile museums”, etc., the endowment of cultural relics resources has been transformed into innovative development momentum, which has contributed to the promotion of regional coordinated development, urban organic renewal, and rural revitalization and development; In addition, it also meets the needs of the public by holding exhibitions and educational activities; by holding high-quality inbound and outbound exhibitions, conducting personnel exchange training, and participating in international museum governance, etc., the international influence of Chinese culture has been enhanced.
At the opening ceremony on the same day, the special event "Meeting of Civilizations - Millions of College Students Entering the Museum" was launched, the list of "Most Innovative Museums" in 2022 was announced, and the results of the 3rd National Museology Excellent Academic Achievements Promotion and Awards were announced. The certificate announced the list of the top ten exhibition exhibition projects of national museums.
According to the arrangement, in addition to the opening ceremony, participating experts and scholars, as well as young museum people from all over the country, will hold theme forums and other activities in the fields of museums, culture and education.
Major museums in Wuhan will also launch boutique exhibitions.
China has officially joined ICOM since 1983.
Up to now, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has cooperated with the relevant provincial people's governments, and successively held the main venue activities of the 13th International Museum Day in Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenyang and other places.
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