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
LiuShuguang and An Laishun
2.Promoting High-quality Development of Museums Through the MuseumGrading Process: Results and Data Analysis
of theFourth National Museums Grading................................ 22
Li Jinguangand Ai Jingfang
PART Ⅱ INSIGHTS
ⅰ THEORY................................................................................39
3. LocalMuseums: Missions, Characteristics and Strategies ...... 40
YanJianqiang and Shao Chenhui
4. DefiningMuseum Collections: Material Evidence or CulturalHeritage?............................................................... 52
SongXiangguang
5. How toBe “Relevant” for Chinese Museums to Foster Visitors’“Empathy”: Taking Coronavirus Exhibitions as anExample........................................................................58
Zheng Yiand Luo Yunqing
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CHINESE MUSEUMS TODAY
ⅱ EXHIBITION.........................................................................71
6.Storytelling with China’s Cultural Objects ................................ 72
Lu Jiansong
7.Expression of the Lofty Values of World Heritage ThroughExhibitions ................................................................ 84
Fan Jiayuand Yan Haiming
8. MuseumsShaping 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
ZengXiaoyin and Zhang Chaozhi
ⅳ TECHNOLOGY................................................................. 137
12.Preliminary Study on the Core System of a “Smart Museum” ......................................................... 138
ZhangXiaopeng
13.Reconstructing the Order of Discourse: Innovative Mechanisms for Online Museum Exhibitions ....................... 150
Lyu Rui
ⅴ CONSERVATION................................................................161
14. RiskManagement and Multidisciplinary Collaboration in theConservation 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 Museumsin China.......................................................... 190
LiuShuzheng
ⅵ EDUCATION......................................................................205
17. The Definition and Understanding of Museum “Field Trip” ... 206
ZhouJingjing 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
QianZhaoyue
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 Archaeological Site Museums in China..............................................................................270
Wu Jian andLi Gang