The first International Museum Youth Forum was held in Fuzhou to discuss the changing youth in museums

• MPT-EXPO
• 2020-12-15 17:03

Young people are the driving force for world social development and the main force for building a new type of international relations. They are also dreamers and dreamers in the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. Yesterday, the eighth "expo" officially kicked off in fuzhou, by the international association of museum, museum of Chinese society, sponsored by the people's government of fuzhou city youth BBS "" the first international museum also held here, from five continents world nearly 70 international museum in 39 countries representatives of youth, youth delegates will with hundreds of Chinese museum, together, sharing experience and make recommendations to the development of the museum's contribution to youth wisdom and power. Guan Qiang, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, presided over the keynote speech.

With the theme of "Museum Youth in Change", the first International Museum Youth Forum aims to highlight the important role played by young people in the development of museums. The forum consists of three sub-forums: the future of museum youth and traditional culture, the new cultural image of the museum in the digital era, young museum workers and the sustainable development of regional culture. 70 youth representatives from all over the world released the power of youth in this forum.

Play the role of museums in the new era

President of the International Association of Museums (ICOM), the world's most important and influential international organization of museums and the museum industry, Sueh Aksoi, delivered a keynote speech at this forum, reviewing a series of events organized by ICOM in recent years. Interpretation museum is an important window for today's society to understand the history and face the future. She hopes that the forum will serve as a platform for exchanges and cooperation so that young people around the world can share their experiences and gather strength to strengthen the construction of museums.

The active strengthening of cooperation between different countries and nations has been fully recognized by the whole society, and the sense of mission of museum practitioners is particularly important, which is also the significance of this forum. She pointed out that the INTERNATIONAL Association of Museums Code of Ethics has become a standard for museums to carry out their work, realize their vision and values, and clearly defines the responsibility of museums to protect cultural heritage, which has led more and more museums to take a more active attitude to protect world cultural heritage. In 2015, in particular, UNESCO adopted the Recommendations on the Protection and Promotion of Museums, Collections and Their Diverse Social Roles. In addition, THE International Association of Museums has strengthened cooperation with museums in different groups and countries and carried out a variety of international cooperation projects.

Chairman Su 'ai Aksoy clearly pointed out that the changes brought by the current era also need the attention of museums. In the face of the increasing public awareness of museums, museums have become an important part of the daily cultural and entertainment life of the public, how to carry out the work of museums is worth thinking about. People in museums should always observe professional moral values, promote the inheritance and protection of cultural heritage at the crossroads of great changes in the global economic environment, and better protect cultural diversity. In the process of promoting the great harmony between society and culture in the future, we should maintain the sustainable development path and give play to the moderating role of museums in society and culture.

Finally, she invited all of you to participate in the 2019 Museum Festival, the 25th General Conference of the International Association of Museums to be held in Kyoto, Japan. We are looking forward to the discussion on "Museums as Cultural Centers: The Future of Tradition".

                                                      China Museum of Youth and The New Era

After that, the state administration of cultural heritage party secretary, director of Liu Yuzhu published "youth and the new era of Chinese museum" the theme of the speech, the role of and grow from a museum in youth, youth play a role in the construction of the museum and the museum of the new era of youth's new play, as three aspects, such as do the talking, museum of the new era of youth puts forward a new definition and new hope.

First of all, he mentioned that youth is the future of the world and the hope of mankind. The Chinese government has always attached great importance to the training of young people. In 2017, the CPC Central Committee and The State Council issued the Medium - and Long-term Youth Development Plan (2016-2025), proposing that promoting better growth and faster development of young people is a fundamental strategic project of the country. As the report to the 19th National Congress pointed out, "If the young generation has ideals, skills and responsibilities, then the country has a future and the nation has hope." On the other hand, relying on the materialized carrier of cultural relics in its collections, museums tell Chinese stories in a unique way, imperceptibly, subtly and silently convey the extensive and profound traditional Chinese culture to young people, enhance cultural identity and strengthen cultural confidence. Museum is an important source for young people to acquire knowledge, an important platform for young people to interact with society, an important window for young people to perceive the world, a supporting place for young people to cultivate morality, and an important channel for young people to increase their self-value.

Secondly, young people are the backbone of the construction of museums.

First, young scholars are promoters of theoretical research on museums, providing new thinking directions and development impetus for basic theories of museology, exhibition education and communication practice, etc.

Second, young curators are pioneers of museums in improving the quality of exhibitions. Young people should consciously assume the responsibility and mission of promoting Chinese culture to go global.

Third, young technologists are guardians of the museum's collections. The inheritance and development of the conservation and restoration technology of museum collections, the innovation and application of preventive protection and digital protection methods are all inseparable from young professionals of science and technology protection.

Fourthly, young education commissioners are the practitioners of the educational functions of museums. The museum education experience project relying on the development of new media and new technology needs the youth to make a difference.

Fifth, young volunteers are the link between the museum and the society. Museums all over the world attach great importance to volunteer work, and youth is an important force of museum volunteer organizations.

In addition, China's museum industry has shown a booming trend in recent years. By the end of 2017, China had more than 5,000 registered museums, with one for every 270,000 people, Liu said. The layout of the system has been constantly optimized, with national museums as the leader, provincial and municipal museums and key industry museums as the backbone, state-owned museums as the main body, non-state-owned museums as the supplement, diversified types, diversified main body of the museum system has taken initial shape. Based on the promotion of development orientation, the functions of museums in China should be expanded and deepened accordingly, so as to fully realize the functions of serving the society and social development. The collection system should be further optimized, the foundation of protection should be further strengthened, the research function should be further strengthened, the display level should be further improved, and the educational service should be further improved.

In the end, he stressed that museum youth in the new era are the continuers of the inheritance of civilization, with more diversified ideas, more diverse forms of expression, and more open acceptance of new things. Only by closely combining the characteristics of The Times and respecting the needs of youth, can museums play an important role in cultural inheritance and cultural identity. Young people are the new force and backbone of human civilization and national economic and social development. Only when we win young people can we win the future and only when we shape them can we shape the future. We are standing in the museum happinesses, height of sustainable development, and the work of the global youth development in the museum, a more important strategic position, overall thinking, scientific planning, comprehensive advancement, to achieve the goals of the two in 100, realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation the Chinese dream, to realize the sustainable inheritance of Chinese excellent culture, into the strong lasting power of youth.

                                                 Speech at the Conference of Young Scholars

After the keynote report, seven young scholars from the museum shared their practical experience in their work and their thoughts on the museum with the audience and made speeches at the conference.

First, creative center, deputy director of the Calcutta ruina DE million museum in the role of the local traditional culture inheritance and innovation of speaking, try to find solution for common challenges of contemporary museum and show the actual cases, how to innovate traditional culture, arouse the audience's interest in traditional culture, put forward its own opinions.

How to be a storyteller where there is a story? Guo Meixia, deputy director of the Propaganda and Education Department of the Palace Museum, shared with the audience about the relationship between the youth of the museum and traditional culture. Under the spirit of inquiry, innovation and cooperation of the youth in the museum, the past is connected with the present, making the museum a place reflecting the progress of the society.

Canada, managing director of cultural resources, javier Jimenez simple introduced the forthcoming book "the development of Chinese museum" (2019), the important point of view, spokesman for combining theory with the actual case, put forward the museum potential challenges and sustainability support three strategies, namely the clear vision and museum role, the audience centered methodology, meaningful content, cause the thinking of the scene audience to this topic.

Xiamen city museum wenbo librarians song leaves to "support after age" gulangyu island heritage activation and community museum building, to speak, on the analysis of the background and advantages of adopting the community's museum of gulangyu, narrative, on the basis of the preliminary results, discusses problems in gulangyu museum of social development, and put forward the problems and prospects.

Maria Fernanda Matisse, director of the Development department of the Educational Museum of Gavlera Mistral, spoke about the application of social and educational media in museums' participation in social activities. She discussed how museums can use social media to effectively connect with the younger generation and promote social change.

Yang Xiaofei, director of the Cultural Heritage Conservation Laboratory at the Shanghai Institute for Advanced Studies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave a speech on how science and technology can drive the wisdom of China's museums, and showcased the current success stories of Chinese museums to the audience.

Finally, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, curator of the museum of microbial Gu Si palmer, cloth ixian speech will BBS atmosphere to a climax, as the world's first museum of microorganisms, microbial museum Amsterdam the role of the popular and microorganism science communication, focusing on the relationship between microorganisms and audience, create a personalized tour experience. Jasper Buikos is also on hand to present interactive education videos and share his experience with the audience.

The new era provides young people with more new platforms and opportunities, and puts forward more new demands and responsibilities for them. Young people in museums are the continuers of the inheritance of civilization, the promoters of the change of The Times and the practitioners of cultural innovation. This forum brings young people from museums around the world together and shortens the distance between young people and the world. As the main force of cultural innovation in the world, we also hope that the youth will truly drive the historic transformation of the Museum in the new era!

Some of the photos are from the WeChat official account of the Chinese museum association
                                                                                                                                           

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