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The Oriental Metropolitan Museum will be open seven days a week from July 31 to October 8 in order to be more accessible to visitors.

The museum opened to the public in Nanjing on August 11, 2014 and usually closes on Monday. It houses large quantities of cultural relics that reveal the rich history of the ancient capital city of the Six Dynasties (220-589). The relics include ceramics, terracotta figurines, stone carvings, paintings and calligraphy works, as well as remains of a large-scale drainage facility.

Song Yan, deputy curator of the museum, said expanding the service time will allow more people to visit the venue and appreciate the high-quality displays, such as the newly opened exhibition "The Gifts of The Gods: Apulia Felix Among Greeks, Indigenous and Romans."

Song also explained that it's an international practice for museums to close on Monday or a certain day of the week, in order to allow frontline workers to take regular breaks, arrange equipment maintenance or heritage preservation.

The Nanjing Imperial Examination Museum of China also opens every day. It is one of few such facilities to do so across the province.

The museum is located at the Qinhuai River Scenic Area, one of China's tourist attractions with a 5A rating, attracting a lot of tourists every day.

"The museum opens daily with two work shifts. And since its opening in January 2017, the museum opens 9:00-22:00 from Sunday to Thursday and closes at 22:30 on Fridays and Saturdays. It boasts the longest opening hours among museums in Nanjing," said curator Feng Jiahong.

"In this summer season, the number of visitors on Mondays is sometimes higher than on weekends. Messages left by visitors like 'beautiful! Wonderful!', can be seen every day at the museum. We feel it's well worth the effort," said Feng.