Chinese Museums TODAY, livre ebook

Chinese Museum Today features a selection of 22 translated articles from three highly influential academic journals in the Chinese museum sector, namely Chinese Museum, Museum, and Southeast Culture, presenting theoretical research, practical exploration, and future vision of Chinese museums. By introducing this book, the Chinese Museums Association (CMA) hopes that readers all around world will continue to be interested in the history and development of Chinese museums. Through effective interaction and communication, museums in China will become cultural institutions at the service of global sustainability and people’s well-being.

PREFACE

PART Ⅰ  INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT: ABOUT CHINESE MUSEUMS AND CHINESE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION

1. Riding the Waves and Forging Ahead: 40 Years in Retrospect and the Outlook for the Chinese Museums Association ............ 2

Liu Shuguang and An Laishun

2.Promoting High-quality Development of Museums Through the Museum Grading Process: Results and Data Analysis of the Fourth National Museums Grading................................ 22

Li Jinguangand Ai Jingfang

PART Ⅱ INSIGHTS 

ⅱ THEORY................................................................................39

3. Local Museums: Missions, Characteristics and Strategies ...... 40

Yan Jianqiang and Shao Chenhui

4. Defining Museum Collections: Material Evidence or Cultural Heritage?............................................................... 52

Song Xiangguang

5. How to Be “Relevant” for Chinese Museums to Foster Visitors’“Empathy”: Taking Coronavirus Exhibitions as an Example........................................................................58

Zheng Yiand Luo Yunqing

ⅱ EXHIBITION.........................................................................71

6. Storytelling with China’s Cultural Objects ................................ 72

Lu Jiansong

7.Expression of the Lofty Values of World Heritage Through Exhibitions ................................................................ 84

Fan Jiayuand Yan Haiming

8. Museums Shaping and Interpreting Traditional Cultural Symbols : Curators’ Notes to Life Aesthetics in Jiangnan ........ 96

Cai Qin

ⅲ MANAGEMENT................................................................. 107

9.Evaluating Museums’ Contribution to Tourism in the Context of Culture-Tourism Integration............................................... 108

Liu Zehua

10.Reflections on Free Access Policy to Chinese Museums..... 118

He Xiaolei

11. Museums as Tourist Attractions and Their Development Trends ........................................... 126

Zeng Xiaoyin and Zhang Chaozhi

ⅳ  TECHNOLOGY................................................................. 137

12.Preliminary Study on the Core System of a “Smart Museum” ......................................................... 138

Zhang Xiaopeng

13.Reconstructing the Order of Discourse: Innovative Mechanisms for Online Museum Exhibitions ....................... 150

Lyu Rui

ⅴ CONSERVATION................................................................161

14. Risk Management and Multi disciplinary Collaboration in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Chinese Museums ... 162

Wang Xudong

15.Conservation Cycle: A Working Model Based on the China National Silk Museum .................................... 174

Zhao Feng

16.Research on the Size and Structure of Collections of Museums in China.......................................................... 190

Liu Shuzheng

ⅵ EDUCATION......................................................................205

17. The Definition and Under standing of Museum “Field Trip” ... 206

Zhou Jingjing and Guo Chuanhui

18.Reflections on a Museum’s Educational Activities for Family Visitors................................................................ 216

Deng Zhuo

19. Museum Services in the Context of Culture-Tourism Integration: New Concepts and New Approaches .............. 228

Qian Zhaoyue

20.Developing a New Museum-School Partnership Model in China..............................................................................240

Guo Meixia

ⅶ  INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION .................................. 257

21.Symbolism and Professionalism: Two Faces of Exhibition Diplomacy ...................................................... 258

Kong Da

ⅷ  ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE AND MUSEUM..................... 269

22. The Development of Archaeo logical Site Museums in China..............................................................................270

Wu Jian and Li Gang