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
Liu Shuguang and An Laishun
2.Promoting High-quality Development of Museums Through the Museum Grading Process: Results and Data Analysis of the Fourth National Museums Grading................................ 22
Li Jinguangand Ai Jingfang
PART Ⅱ INSIGHTS
ⅱ THEORY................................................................................39
3. Local Museums: Missions, Characteristics and Strategies ...... 40
Yan Jianqiang and Shao Chenhui
4. Defining Museum Collections: Material Evidence or Cultural Heritage?............................................................... 52
Song Xiangguang
5. How to Be “Relevant” for Chinese Museums to Foster Visitors’“Empathy”: Taking Coronavirus Exhibitions as an Example........................................................................58
Zheng Yiand Luo Yunqing
ⅱ EXHIBITION.........................................................................71
6. Storytelling with China’s Cultural Objects ................................ 72
Lu Jiansong
7.Expression of the Lofty Values of World Heritage Through Exhibitions ................................................................ 84
Fan Jiayuand Yan Haiming
8. Museums Shaping 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
Zeng Xiaoyin and Zhang Chaozhi
ⅳ TECHNOLOGY................................................................. 137
12.Preliminary Study on the Core System of a “Smart Museum” ......................................................... 138
Zhang Xiaopeng
13.Reconstructing the Order of Discourse: Innovative Mechanisms for Online Museum Exhibitions ....................... 150
Lyu Rui
ⅴ CONSERVATION................................................................161
14. Risk Management and Multi disciplinary Collaboration in the Conservation 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 Museums in China.......................................................... 190
Liu Shuzheng
ⅵ EDUCATION......................................................................205
17. The Definition and Under standing of Museum “Field Trip” ... 206
Zhou Jingjing 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
Qian Zhaoyue
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 Archaeo logical Site Museums in China..............................................................................270
Wu Jian and Li Gang
