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

Key points

• 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).
• The second draft requires that 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 second draft 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.
• The draft incorporates the "museum without walls" concept of museum-city integration, encouraging district governments to integrate scattered cultural heritage resources and promote contiguous revitalization with open museum display methods.
• The museum city development plan will be published, and related work will be incorporated into urban renewal, rural revitalization, infrastructure, education, science and technology, culture, and tourism plans, with improved surrounding transport, municipal, and dining facilities.
• The second draft brings unregistered "other cultural venues" with collection, exhibition, and education functions into scope, supports individuals and units in establishing them, and encourages regular public opening.