Beijing Proposes Holiday Extended and Staggered Hours for Municipal First-Class Museums

The 26th session of the Standing Committee of the 16th Beijing Municipal People's Congress conducted a second review of the Beijing Museum Regulations (Draft). Building on the first draft's encouragement of extended and staggered opening, the second draft sets firmer requirements: during national statutory holidays and school winter and summer vacations, museums should open normally, and municipal first-class national museums should adopt extended and staggered opening hours. The draft also encourages free public access with necessary funding support from municipal and district governments; museums should provide free guided tours at fixed times or via information technology, encourage dire…