The Birth of a Chinese University Museum: A Study on the Construction Mechanism of Museums from the Perspective of Anthropological Thick Description

Abstract

University museums have done a good job of boosting the teaching strength of universities and providing public services. Related studies have examined the functions, features and practical applications of university museums, as well as curation and public education, but they have not investigated the process of how a university museum is built from the ground up and how the initial idea is realised. The China Teachers Museum is the subject of this study, and I have collected 262 related news articles and carried out step-by-step coding analysis with NVivo software to uncover the internal factors influencing the museum's planning and construction. Based on the above study, it has been concluded that the three basic problems in construction subjects are: "why build", "what to build", and "how to build". In accordance with the concept of rooting in local conditions and the direction of national strategy, construction plans have been developed to make leading activities the foundation, use special social resources, and promote regular operation. They will also use all the achievements gained in the course of museum construction to confirm that it is necessary and special, thus speeding up the construction of the museum. This paper will offer some theoretical support for the construction laws of university museums and provide a reference for the actual construction work of university museums.