On the occasion of the "5.18" International Museum Day, today (17th), the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and the Sichuan Provincial Museum Society released the "2023 Sichuan Provincial Museum Development Report". The report shows that in 2023, the number of museums (memorial halls) registered with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in the province will be 417. Museums in the province will receive 85.4 million visitors, with cultural and creative revenue of nearly 237 million yuan, an increase of more than 150% from 2022.
There are 417 registered museums in the province
It is reported that in 2023, the number of museums (memorial halls) registered in Sichuan Province with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage is 417, including 12 national first-level museums, 19 national second-level museums, and national third-level museums. 25 museums. At the same time, Sichuan Province has three "national" museums in Chengdu, China Shadow Puppetry Museum, Panzhihua, China Third Front Construction Museum, and Zigong, China Lantern Museum.
The shadow puppet collection of Chengdu Museum
Judging from the number of museums in 21 cities (states) in the province, the top five cities (states) are Chengdu (128), Guangyuan (26), and Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture ( 25), Luzhou City (21), and Bazhong City, Yibin City, Mianyang City, Zigong City, and Nanchong City (19 each).
In 2023, the new Sichuan University Museum, the new Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, Sichuan, the Luojiaba Site Museum, and the Xue Tao Memorial Hall in Wangjianglou Park were successfully completed and opened. Museums such as Jiangkou Chenyin Museum, Nanchong Museum, Dashu Road Museum, and Yading Village Museum are still under construction.
Museums in the province received more than 85.4 million visitors throughout the year
In 2023, the number of museum collections continues to grow and the types become increasingly rich. The province's registered museums (memorial halls) have a total collection of 5,584,153 pieces/set. Among them, the total number of collections in Sichuan Museum is 196,452 pieces/set, 353,864 pieces.
The Wuhou Temple Museum with the most visitors in 2023
In 2023, the number of free museums in the province accounted for 90% of the total number of registered museums in the province. The number of visitors to the province's museums was more than 85.4 million, which was 2.5 times that of 2022. .
The top five museums by the number of visitors are Chengdu Wuhou Temple Museum (4.527 million visitors), Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum (3.92 million visitors), Deng Xiaoping's Former Residence Exhibition Hall (3.545 million visitors), Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum (3.29 million visitors) and Chengdu Museum (3.134 million visitors).
While museums across the province continue to compete, they also actively carry out inter-museum exchanges and cooperation, which has also led to a spurt in the number of exhibitions. Exhibitions on red genes, archaeological discoveries, cultural relics, Chinese and foreign art, natural biology and other exhibitions are rich in types and themes. Diverse. It is reported that in 2023, a total of 1,141 basic displays, 1,002 temporary exhibitions, 317 online exhibitions, 21 entry-exit exhibitions will be launched, and exhibits will be loaned out 287 times.
There are rich social education activities throughout the year
The museum is a large school. Various museums have also continued to launch social education activities around red culture, historical relics, natural sciences, etc., and carried out 22,786 offline education activities and 1,381 online education activities throughout the year, launched 951 original education projects, and established a normal relationship with 1,384 schools of interlibrary cooperation.
Among them, Sichuan Museum carried out 970 social education activities and 52 original education projects throughout the year, ranking first in the province.
Sichuan Museum
With the blessing of various innovative elements, the museum quickly "breaks the circle" and reaches the public with a people-friendly route. In 2023, the number of Weibo fans of the province's museums will exceed 7.53 million, and the number of WeChat fans will exceed 14.26 million.
While museums are constantly upgrading like "hexagon warriors", the museum cultural and creative industry is also developing in a diversified, personalized, technological and standardized way. It is reported that the annual cultural and creative income in 2023 will be nearly 237 million yuan, of which Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum ranks first in cultural and creative income with 117.66 million yuan; Chengdu Jinsha Heritage Museum will have 4,000 cultural and creative items on sale in 2023, and 667 newly developed cultural and creative products. money, ranking first.
Red Star News reporter Qiao Xueyang editor Zeng Qi
