Every year, May 18 is designated as international museum day. On this day, museums around the world will hold various publicity and commemorative activities to celebrate their own festivals, so that more people can understand the museum and give better play to the social function of the museum. So how did international museum day come about? This article brings you the origin of International Museum Day. Let's have a look.
International Museum Day is scheduled for May 18 every year. It is initiated and founded by the International Museum Association (ICOM). In 1977, in order to promote the healthy development of the global museum cause and attract the public's understanding, participation and attention to the museum cause, the International Museum Association declared May 18, 1977 as the first international museum day to the world, and determined the theme of the International Museum Day every year. The theme of International Museum in 2016 is: Museum and cultural landscape.
On this day, museums around the world will hold various publicity and commemorative activities to celebrate their own festivals, so that more people can understand the museum and give better play to the social function of the museum.
The International Association of museums is a non-governmental international organization affiliated to UNESCO. It was established in 1946.
The origin of International Museum Day
About the 5th century BC, in Delphi, Greece & middot; There is a treasure house of sculptures and booty in Olympus temple, which is regarded as the beginning of the museum by the museum industry. For quite a long time thereafter, the museum was only a collection room for the royal family or a few rich people to watch rare treasures and foreign objects. By the end of the 18th century, museums in some Western European countries had been established and opened to the public, the function of museums had a new development, and people's understanding of museums had changed. In 1880, British Museum scholar Lukins published a paper on the function of the museum, emphasizing that the museum should become a place for the general public to receive education. In his two monographs on the future museum and the principles of Museum administration, Gu Di, an American scholar, further stressed that museums must be committed to innovating education and carrying out positive activities, so as to make them not only a place for experts and scholars to engage in research, but also a supplementary facility for educational institutions and an off campus teaching garden.
In November 1946, the international museum association was established in Paris, France. In June 1974, the International Association of museums held its 11th session in Copenhagen and defined the museum as an open and permanent institution that does not pursue profit and serves social and social development. It takes the collection, preservation and research of human and environmental witnesses as its basic responsibility, so that they can be displayed, made public, and provide opportunities for learning, education and appreciation. "
In 1971, the International Museum Association held a conference in France to explore the relationship between the cultural and educational function of museums and the future of mankind. In 1977, in order to promote the healthy development of the global museum cause and attract the public's understanding, participation and attention to the museum cause, the International Museum Association announced to the world that may 18, 1977 was the first international museum day, and determined the activity theme for the International Museum Day every year.