Visitors with their beautifully-dressed cats gather at a "cat's night" event hosted by Shanghai Museum in Shanghai, July 27, 2024. [Photo/VCG]
With extending exhibition times, added exhibition sessions, and opening night visiting, many museums are becoming popular sites in China.
Since June, the search volume of museum has surged 61 percent month-on-month, with museums in Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Wuhan, standing in the top five of search popularity, according to news portal chinanews.com.
People visit Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, Sichuan province, July 27, 2024. [Photo/VCG]
People visit Wuhan Museum in Wuhan, Hubei province, July 28, 2024. [Photo/VCG]
People visit Museum of Heilongjiang Province in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, July 31, 2024. [Photo/VCG]
People visit Henan Science and Technology Museum in Zhengzhou, Henan province, July 31, 2024. [Photo/VCG]
Children watch a demonstration of scientific experiment at Henan Science and Technology Museum in Zhengzhou, Henan province, July 31, 2024. [Photo/VCG]
People visit Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, Henan province, Aug 1, 2024. [Photo/VCG]
A girl observes a panda specimen at National Natural History Museum of China in Beijing, Aug 1, 2024. [Photo/VCG]
People look at some animal specimens at National Natural History of China in Beijing, Aug 1, 2024. [Photo/VCG]
People look at some animal specimens at National Natural History of China in Beijing, Aug 1, 2024. [Photo/VCG]