China's Great Museum Race【 2010-05-19 】

As International Museum Day celebrations take place across the world today, China is enjoying a surge of new museum openings, winning widespread applause for boosting people's cultural life, but also generating criticism for the problems caused by the race for rapid construction.

Beijing Marks International Museum's Day【 2010-05-19 】

International Museum Day on May 18th has been celebrated all over the world since 1977. To promote the activities and services provided by museums in Beijing, as well as to interact with people from all walks of life, the Capital Museum has been celebrating the occasion every year since 2001. This year, the museum organized a series of activities to encourage visitors to explore the museum.

Various activities mark Int'l Museum Day in China【 2010-05-19 】

A visitor and two Kunqu opera artists view a painting at the Suzhou Garden Museum in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 18, 2010. All kinds of activities were held all around the country Tuesday to greet the International Museum Day that falls on May 18.

Macao offers free museum tour celebrating Int'l museum day【 2010-05-19 】

The Tourist Office of Macao Special Administrative Region government announced that the admission to all local museums will be free for a four-day period this month so as to celebrate the annual International Museum Day.

Communicators of Culture【 2010-05-19 】

Over the past decades, China's museums have achieved rapid development and their total number has now reached 2,900, said Song Xinchao, Deputy Director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH).

Four vie to build new 5m-yuan home for Lei Feng【 2010-05-18 】

Four companies are bidding to rebuild China's only independent Lei Feng Museum - which has been struggling financially - for 5 million yuan at its original site.