Etiquette of visiting museums

Museums, art galleries and exhibition halls are places that you often visit. In addition to providing spiritual enjoyment and emotional comfort, visiting these places also enriches your knowledge. But there are a lot of conventions in these places.

(1) No smoking, no eating, no drinking

No smoking, no eating and no drinking are allowed in the museum to keep the site clean and tidy. On the one hand, it can protect the precious collection, on the other hand, it can provide visitors with a comfortable and peaceful environment.

(2) Disable flash

Flash lights are banned in almost all museums to protect these fragile works of art and antiquities.

In some museums, any camera or camera is banned, in order to prevent duplication from flooding the market. Some illegal groups, which are good at imitation, try to obtain the original information and then sell it for profit, causing a lot of confusion and disputes in society, which may last for decades or even hundreds of years.

(3) No touching

Generally, it is forbidden to touch art or antiques with hands for the purpose of damage prevention.

(4) Backpacks and other items

When entering the museum, large backpacks, umbrellas, etc. must be left outside the museum, so as to prevent the objects on the body from knocking over the exhibition items or scratching the artworks.

(5) No interpretation in the Museum

In order to provide the best appreciation environment, some art museums are not allowed to explain paintings in the museum. For example, the van Gogh art gallery in Amsterdam has the above strict regulations, so that everyone can calmly enjoy these touching works.

(6) Tape recorder Guide

If you really need to listen to the guide, it's very simple. Just rent a walkman when you enter. The advantage is that you can listen to it many times until you fully understand it.

(7) Closed

Ticket sales will be stopped about one hour before the closing of the museum every day. Visitors are not allowed to enter the museum. At this time, they are only allowed to go out and not allowed to enter the museum, which is conducive to the closing operation. Therefore, visitors should arrive as early as possible.