Many forums were held in Nanjing during the 2018 World Historical & Cultural Cities Expo (WHCCE) with the guests exchanging their views on the Belt and Road Initiative for sustainable development of culture and cities, museums and the development of modern urban civilization.
“一带一路”文化与城市可持续发展论坛合照
5月26日上午，20余位来自国内外的市长、市长代表以及国际知名专家学者齐聚名城会主论坛，围绕"一带一路"视野下的历史文化遗产保护和城市文脉传承等议题，分享观点。
Many experts stated that under the background of the Belt and Road initiative, culture is becoming an important channel for exchanges and cooperation in different regions.
（我们要）开展一些藏品外交，比如说把西方、一带一路沿线国家的一些藏品，入藏到国家博物馆，我们的博物馆（藏品）可以通过交流方式，实现一个共享。
——中国国家博物馆馆长 王春法
The Belt and Road Initiative is very important because we found that ordinary people are very interested in learning about China by holding some activities on this topic.
——罗马尼亚布加勒斯特大学
孔子学院外方院长 白罗米
参加“首届博物馆馆长”论坛的国际知名博物馆馆长和专家学者在南京市博物馆朝天宫大成殿前合影
在"首届博物馆馆长论坛"上，70多位国际知名博物馆馆长和专家学者围绕"新时代博物馆如何发展"等主题展开交流和探讨。
For many museum curators, the museum is a carrier that preserves the collective memory of the nation and preserves the national cultural genes. An excellent museum must consider the scale and diversity of the collection, the museum itself and the means of exhibition so as to allow the cultural relics come back to life to tell each city's unique cultural stories.
博物馆收藏展示的是人类发展的见证物，藏品要多样性，我们不是要去看这个东西好不好，而是这些东西能不能反映我们人类社会进步的节点。
——南京博物院院长 龚良
The museum can explain to the people what they are, and where they are from, etc. It’s not a living memory, but it’s a memory, a national, or a local, or a regional memory that tells a lot of things.
——国际博物馆协会博物馆学委员会馆长
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国家博物馆馆长代表签署《国际博物馆馆长联盟备忘录（南京宣言）》
论坛上，中国国家博物馆与江苏省文化厅、南京市人民政府签署战略合作协议；参会博物馆还共同筹建国际博物馆馆长联盟，并将秘书处落地南京，计划今后每年在南京举办一次"国际博物馆馆长论坛"、每两到三年主办一次专题展览，将南京打造成博物馆之城。
“国际艺术博物馆学院”合作协议揭牌仪式
The National Museum of China signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and the Nanjing Municipal People’s Government. The participating museums also jointly established the International Museum Director Alliance with the secretariat to be based in Nanjing. An international museum curators’ forum is to be held in Nanjing every year and a special exhibition every two to three years to make Nanjing a city of museums.
（Source：Hello 江苏微信公众号）
