During this year's "5.18" International Museum Day, Peace Garden Museum has received video blessings and cooperation suggestions from partners from all over the world.
Prime Minister H.E.Sharaf said in his video message that today is a special day. We are here in the spirit of the International Museum Day about 40 years ago, whose noble purpose is to promote awareness of museums. Museums serve as an important means of cultural exchange, cultural enrichment and development, mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples. Taking "people's diplomacy", "cultural exchange" and "social responsibility" as the models, Beijing International Peace Culture Foundation actively carried out various projects and activities, and he expressed his gratitude and appreciation to Beijing International Peace Culture Foundation. On the occasion of the International Museum Day, he would also like to congratulate the friends of Peace Garden Museum. Last year, Dr. Li, chairman of Beijing International Peace Culture Foundation, and (himself) president of the Sharaf Foundation for sustainable development, signed a memorandum of understanding at the beautiful Peace Garden Museum. Since then, we have carried out extensive discussions on cooperation in areas such as exchanges , cultural dialogues and mutual learning of civilizations ,etc.
When it comes to Egyptian museums, the prime minister said he would start with the world's first museum built in Alexandria, Egypt, which has a history of more than 2300 years. At present, we have Cairo Museum in Egypt, which has more than 120,000 exhibits. In the near future, around 2021, the world's greatest museum will appear - the great Egyptian Museum, which will have about 100,000 cultural relics.
Egypt is famous for its largest open-air museum in the world, which is located in the south of Egypt. Luxor, for example, has one-third of the world's cultural heritage. In addition, Aswan province has the Great Stone Temple of Abu Simbel. We, the Sharaf Foundation, are very pleased to participate in this important cultural event. The Foundation was established to serve two major themes: Science and culture, and the pillar of people's diplomacy.
The Sharaf Foundation aims to serve the lofty idea of "one human being, multi-culture", and the second idea is to build a community of human destiny. The Sharaf Foundation and himself have participated in many cultural activities to promote people to people exchanges, such as: Egypt, Arab countries, Europe, and of course, China's open talks, art exhibitions held by Egypt and China. Finally, he wished everyone all a great International Museum Day.
Dr. Shabahang, who heads the UNESCO “silk road project”, said in a congratulatory message that since the "Silk Road" project launched in 1988,UNESCO has devoted to promoting cultural exchanges and peace in all countries along the Belt&Road.Thanks to China World Peace Foundation, especially chairman Li’s generous sponsorship, the "Silk Road" project has launched two major events involving the countries along the Belt&Road. One is the "youth photography competition",which has organized two competitions successfully , and 100,000 young people aged 14~24 years from more than 140 countries have participated in the competition. The other is the “ one belt&one road cultural interaction map”with 10 thematic project cooperation, including cooperation with China National Silk Museum. Taking this opportunity, he expressed sincere thanks to President Li and the Foundation team, and hoped that the two sides could continue to deepen cooperation in the future.
In her message, Ms.Farsi, Museum director of the Ministry of Oman's cultural heritage, said that Oman has a lot of national and private museums and cultural heritage. In order to continue to spread culture in the epidemic, many museums have made virtual tour procedures to unite adults and children who are isolated at home by visiting museums and cultivating their sentiment. Hope that the celebration of Peace Garden Museum will also be a complete success.
In his message, Dr. Ali, former director of the UNESCO Bureau of history and memory dialogue, said that the museum is a place for us to talk with the past, the present and the future, and an important platform for people of all countries to enhance mutual understanding. Cultural identity and cultural heritage are important parts of national history, which is why museums are valued. He wished the celebration of the international museum day a complete success.
In his congratulatory speech, Turkmenistan's Ambassador to China, H.E.Durdyev, first expressed his appreciation to Chairman Li for the celebration of "International Museum Day", and introduced that may 18 is also Turkmenistan's constitution day and national flag day. Historically, Turkmenistan is an important country along the Silk Road and enjoys a long cultural exchange with China. China's silk, Turkmenistan carpets, great horses, wheat and other crops are important products for bilateral exchanges. Turkmenistan attaches great importance to the construction of museums. At present, there are five museums in the capital Ashgabat, including the National Museum, folk culture museum, Carpet Museum, presidential Museum and natural history museum. It is hoped that more bilateral cultural exchange activities will be carried out with Peace Garden in the future.
In the congratulatory video, Ms. Quesada, Minister of the Cuban Embassy in China, recalled the outstanding contributions made by President Li and the Foundation to promoting the friendship between China and Cuba, and inserted precious photos and videos of many activities held by the Cuban Embassy and the Peace Garden Museum in the past decade. Finally, she hoped that on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and China this year, the Cuban Embassy would continue to work closely with Peace Garden and the Foundation to hold relevant activities and support each other, so as to push cultural exchanges and the cause of peace between the two countries to a new height.
Anouar, chief representative of Tunis Tourism Bureau in China, congratulated Peace Garden on the international museum day and introduced that Tunisia is an ancient Mediterranean civilization country with a history of more than 3000 years. Tunis National Museum also has a rich collection, hoping to strengthen cooperation and exchanges with us in the future.
Ricardo, President of the Brazilian Enterprise Elite alliance, said in his congratulatory speech that culture is the pillar of the society. For this reason, their alliance and the Brazilian Museum Association have reached a strategic cooperation agreement. They also hope to cooperate with the Council to strengthen exchanges in the field of museums between the two countries. At the same time, he wishes Peace Garden "International Museum Day" a complete success.
Eric foster, nephew of Mr.Snow, a famous American friend of Chinese, said in his congratulatory speech that Beijing Peace Garden Museum has been committed to promoting peaceful diplomacy through cultural exchanges for many years, and he is honored to participate in many of these activities, such as the Grand Canal forum. He has participated in all these activities in his forthcoming monograph "The Snows - Friends of China". In the era of global spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, it is particularly necessary for institutions like Beijing International Peace Culture Foundation to unite people rather than separate them.
Mr. Denis, art director of the Beijing (Tongzhou) global resort under construction, sent a congratulatory message in his busy schedule, emphasizing the important role of museums in promoting mutual understanding and exchanges among people around the world. He has been engaged in the creative design of theme park since 1988, and is working hard for the project to start as planned at the construction site of universal resort. He wished the theme activity of Peace Garden Museum a complete success.
Mr. Hans, President of global carnival, said in his message that he devoted his life to Asia and China. From the late 1970s to Hongkong and Mainland China, the design and operation of the theme parks for the working people provided an affordable entertainment for most people. He was honored to participate in cultural exchange activities held in Peace Garden for many times. For this reason, he deeply admired Beijing International Peace Culture Foundation and Peace Garden Museum for their tireless efforts to promote international cultural exchange and efficient and selfless promotion of peace cause over the years, and wished Peace Garden "International Museum Day" a complete success.
Vadim, chief representative of Agricultural Bank of Russia in China, sent a video commemorating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Russian ice hockey Museum. He hoped to cooperate with the Foundation and Peace Garden Museum, and actively participate in exchanges and cooperation in the fields of Winter Olympic Games and ice and snow sports.
Mr. Cloutier, President of SIMCO, Canada, sent a short video of "extreme sports CBD" project introduction and conceptual design. He hoped to cooperate with the Foundation to promote the settlement of the international advanced design concept sports and entertainment center project in Chaoyang District, and wished the success of "International Museum Day" in Peace Garden.
Sara, a reporter from Egypt's Middle East News Agency, said in her congratulatory speech that she had the honor to visit and interview president Li when she came to China as a guest to attend the Forum on China Middle East media cooperation last October. She was also honored to cooperate with the Foundation in organizing International Relationship and Diplomacy Video Forum in mid April She participated in the Forum on "Belt& Road cooperation and future ", which the Foundation jointly held with the Sharaf Foundation in May 18th. She hopes that in the near future, to continue working with the Foundation to promote bilateral non-governmental diplomacy between China and Arab countries.
Mr. John Van hoof, counsellor of the Cultural Department of the Belgian Embassy in China, sent a video of the Vlades Museum and tourism promotion, highlighted the activities of Peace Garden.
Mr. John Van hoof, counsellor of the Cultural Department of the Belgian Embassy in China, sent a video of the Vlades Museum and tourism promotion, highlighted the activities of Peace Garden.
Aguilera, a famous Spanish painter recommended by the Cultural Office of the Spanish Embassy, sent a congratulatory video from Cordoba, the cultural ancient city of Andalucia in the south, wishing the international museum day of Peace Garden Museum a success, and hoping to have an opportunity to hold a personal exhibition in Beijing in the future.
