“Looking back at Dongpo —— Su Shi’s Theme Exhibition”, “Encounter Mesopotamia —— Fine Exhibition of Syrian Ancient Cultural Relics” and “Centennial Promise —— Original Exhibition of Italian National Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art Collection” … On the 16th, the final evaluation meeting of the 20th (2022) Top Ten Exhibition Promotion Activities of National Museums was held in Fuzhou, and representatives from 33 finalists reported it through offline ppt.
Xie Dan, vice president of Sichuan Museum, introduced “Looking back at Dongpo-Su Shi Theme Exhibition”. According to its introduction, the exhibition brought together 274 related cultural relics from 39 cultural and art institutions, including 3 original works by Su Shi.
“We are giving play to the frontier and window role of Guangxi’s open cooperation with ASEAN, and making museum contributions to building a closer China-ASEAN destiny community.” At the final evaluation meeting of the promotion activities, Wei Jiang, director of the Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, introduced the basic display of the new museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. He said that the museum is promoting the construction of Guangxi’s demonstration zone of the consciousness of the Chinese nation community in a tangible, emotional and effective way.
In order to promote the national museums to improve the level of exhibition, publicity and social service, and better meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the general public, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage started the selection of the top ten exhibitions of national museums in 1997, and later changed it to promotion activities, which have been held for the twentieth time in a row.
Over the past 20 years, the promotion activities of the top ten exhibitions of national museums have attracted wide attention in the museum industry and the whole society, and have developed into well-known cultural brands that have attracted much attention from the society. The “Top Ten Boutiques” Award has also become an honor that the national museum community is eagerly awaiting, representing the highest level of museum exhibitions and social services in that year.
It is understood that the promotion activities of the top ten exhibitions in the 20th (2022) National Museum have received positive responses from the central and military system museums, local cultural relics departments and cultural relics units, and a total of 115 exhibitions have been declared, including 104 domestic exhibitions and 11 entry-exit exhibitions.
According to the Measures for the Promotion of Top Ten Exhibitions and Exhibitions in National Museums (revised in 2023), 27 domestic exhibitions and 6 entry-exit exhibitions were shortlisted for final evaluation after preliminary evaluation by experts and approval by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. The finalists have been publicized to the public from April 21st to April 27th.
The 33 finalists for the final evaluation project covered 19 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and all the projects in the eastern, central and western regions were shortlisted; The theme of the exhibition includes historical art, memorial of people and other types; The reporting units include different levels such as the central government and provinces, cities and counties.
According to the organizer, the final evaluation results will be announced to the public on May 18th International Museum Day. Ye Qiuyun