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NANJING, China, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Hosted by National Cultural Heritage Administration, Jiangsu Provincial

People's Government, co-organized by Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture

and Tourism, Chinese Museums Associations and Nanjing Museum, the celebration

event of International Museum Day 2020 at China main venue was successfully

concluded in Nanjing Museum on May 18. Museums in the country carried out

various promotional activities with distinctive features around the theme of

International Museum Day 2020: "Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion."

On the morning of the activities, the opening ceremony was connected to Xinhua

News Agency via the 5G network for the first time. At the ceremony, the winners

of "2020 National Most Innovative Museums" and "Top10 China Museum Exquisite

Exhibition Projects" were announced and awarded the honor. Moreover, the

platform of "National Cloud (Virtual) Exhibition" was jointly started up by

Nanjing Museum and Xinhua News Agency, and multiple agendas including the

special exhibition "Integration: From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Qin

and Han Dynasties - Diversity and Inclusion" were launched at the ceremony.

As part of the celebration at the main venue, the themed forum of the

International Museum Day 2020 was held in the afternoon. Numerous honored

guests discussed new ways for museums to serve the community and social

development. In the evening, the fantastic activity of Night at the Nanjing

Museum was held and attracted tons of audience.  

As Nanjing was the host city of the celebration of International Museum Day at

China main venue, Nanjing Museum Administration and many other municipal and

district-level museums from Nanjing held cultural salons, cultural relic

identification, academic lectures, mini-exhibitions, and other featured

activities while providing free admission on the day. Museums around the

country also organized various themed events, building a platform for

communication and interaction between museums and the public, and bringing the

audience a cultural feast!

SOURCE: Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism