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