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On May 13, Suzhou Bay Museum became the main venue to launch Jiangsu’s celebration for International Museum Day (IMD) and the "Learn and Amazed by Museums" program.
The event highlighted 100 IMD initiatives organized by museums across the province, providing a great opportunity to explore its cultural and historical heritage in diverse ways.
For example, as 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the Grand Canal’s inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the China Grand Canal Museum in Yangzhou is hosting an exhibition focusing on archaeological achievements and new developments in the protection, inheritance and utilization of the ancient waterway system.
Changzhou Museum will soon open an exhibition on trilobite fossils and prehistoric ocean evolution, allowing visitors to explore the marine creature from hundreds of millions of years ago.
Zhangjiagang Museum will highlight calligraphy works on the Yangtze River by famous Chinese calligraphers.
In cooperation with schools, Suzhou Museum will feature disciplines such as biology, math, and art as well as storytelling by making use of its rich collections, which are expected to be welcomed by parents and children.
Xuzhou Museum will host a touring photo exhibition on the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) across primary schools, with student volunteers promoting awareness of the city’s importance to the Han Dynasty and its cultural relics.
Zhenjiang Museum plans to help students better understand the Wu culture.
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The Baoying Museum in Yangzhou City will engage visitors in cultural relics restoration and Peking Opera face painting.
The opening ceremony also included a market of cultural and creative products from the province’s museums, attracting local residents and tourists.
For example, the Nanjing Museum Administration offered a jigsaw puzzle featuring the city’s cultural relics and literature elements.
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Located in the Grand Bao'en Temple in Nanjing, the Porcelain Pagoda was once mentioned in a story by Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen. This market showed a light design highlighting the bells and colorful glazed porcelain bricks central to the pagoda.
In the market, Changzhou Museum provided a tote bag inspired by trilobites.
Additionally, the Yancheng China Sea-salt Museum launched a gift box that creatively integrates the collection of artifacts and the city’s seasonal flowers, which is both visually appealing and practical.
