Time
Tickets
Free
Venue
Nanshan Museum, 2093 Nanshan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区南山大道2093号南山博物馆)
Metro
Line 1 to Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit B
International Museum Day events in town| May 18-19
Writer: Cao Zhen | Editor: Doria Nan | From: Shenzhen Daily
International Museum Day (IMD) is an international celebration held every year around May 18, coordinated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
The event serves as a platform to raise public awareness on the role museums play on an international level.
This year, the theme is “Museums as Cultural Hubs: The Future of Tradition,” and a string of events will be held in Shenzhen.
Shenzhen Museum
Free IMD souvenir cards
Visitors can claim free International Museum Day souvenir cards at three outlets run by Shenzhen Museum.
Dates: May 18-19
Venue 1: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆)
Metro: Line 2 or 4 to Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B
Venue 2: Shenzhen Reform and Opening Up Exhibition Hall, 4/F, Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning, 184 Fuzhong Road 1, Futian District (福田区福中一路184号深圳市当代艺术与城市规划馆四楼深圳改革开放展览馆)
Metro: Line 2 or 4 to Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B
Venue 3: Dongjiang Guerrilla Headquarters Memorial Hall, 13 Nanqing Street, Dongmen, Luohu District (罗湖区东门南庆街13号东江游击队指挥部旧址纪念馆)
Metro: Line 1 to Laojie Station (老街站), Exit A
Photo exhibition
Photos reviewing educational events held by Shenzhen Museum for students are on display.
Dates: May 18-24
Venue: Lobby, 1/F, Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆一楼中厅)
Metro: Line 2 or 4 to Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B
Lecture on black holes
Li Baile, an astrophysics doctoral degree holder from Vanderbilt University in the United States, will give a Chinese-language lecture on black holes. Li now works in Shenzhen Museum
Time: 3-5 p.m., May 18
Venue: Auditorium, 3/F, Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆三楼报告厅)
Metro: Line 2 or 4 to Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B
Workshop
Children aged older than 6 are invited to join a workshop making a model of the Diwang Mansion. Shenzhen Museum will announce the sign-up information on its WeChat account “iszbwg” on a later date, so stay tuned.
Time: 2:30-4 p.m., May 18
Venue: Activity Center, 1/F, Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆一楼活动中心
Metro: Line 2 or 4 to Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B
Visiting Dapeng Fortress
Shenzhen Museum will organize a tour May 19 to Dapeng Fortress, an ancient walled village in Dapeng
The fortress was built in 1394 to protect the area from pirates and later developed into a town. The museum will announce the sign-up information on its WeChat account “iszbwg” later.
Nanshan Museum
On May 18, visitors who join in guided tours of exhibitions in Nanshan Museum can claim free gifts. Visitors should obtain a card by showing their ID cards and after attending a guided tour, they can get a stamp. Once they collect a certain amount of stamps, they can claim the free gifts.
Visitors listen to a museum staff guiding at Nanshan Museum. File photo
The guided tours will be held at 10:20 a.m., 10:50 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 2:20 p.m., 2:50 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 4:50 p.m. and 5:20 p.m.
The exhibitions are “Plentiful Central Plain: Henan Resplendent Antiquity,” “Ancient Nanshan,” “Modern Nanshan” and “The History of Nanshan’s Reform and Opening Up.”
Venue: Nanshan Museum, 2093 Nanshan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区南山大道2093号南山博物馆)
Metro: Line 1 to Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit B