Twenty Macau youths who participated in the 6-week Beijing Palace Museum internship programme spoke about their cultural exchange experience at the Macau Museum of Art (MAM) yesterday, with Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man expressing her appreciation of the Beijing Palace Museum’s arrangement for the interns, an IC statement said yesterday.
The session was held yesterday at the Macau Museum of Art (MAM) in Nape, with the attendance of Leong, Beijing Palace Museum Deputy Director Wang Yuegong, and Beijing Palace Museum Palace Life and Imperial Ritual Department Deputy Chief Wen Ming, the statement said.
The internship programme, jointly organised by the Palace Museum, the bureau, the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau of Hong Kong, ran from July to mid-August, with a total of 39 interns, 20 from Macau and 19 from Hong Kong, were selected for the programme to experience various types of work in museums, the statement said. A total of 68 Macau youths have been selected to participate in the Beijing Palace Museum internship programme since 2018.
Local intern representative Cheang Ian Tong expressed her gratitude to the programme for providing them with a chance to gain insights into the operation mechanism and the rich historical and cultural heritage of the museum, the statement said.
During the session yesterday, the interns were divided into four groups telling the audience about their love and deep respect for Chinese culture and expressed their commitment to contributing to the cultural heritage and development of Macau in the future, the statement said.
Leong thanked the Beijing Palace Museum for allowing interns to experience the splendour of the Chinese civilisation and the richness of Chinese history, and to gain not only knowledge, but also witness the professionalism of the people working in the Palace Museum, the statement said.
Wang encouraged the students to aspire to carry forward the cultural mission and contribute to the transmission of Chinese culture, while Wen praised interns for their dedication in learning, the statement said.
The Beijing Palace Museum is the world’s largest and best-preserved wooden palace complex, with a collection of over 1.86 million ancient paintings and calligraphy, ancient artefacts, court relics and book archives, making it the most visited museum in the world, the statement noted.
Beijing Palace Museum internship programme representative Cheang Ian Tong speaks during a session held yesterday about their experience on the programme at the Macau Museum of Art (MAM). – Photo: Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC)
