Free visiting to museums

0GOOD news for Chinese 00museum00 lovers! From March, you won't have to pay to enjoy the collections of many museums.02br
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00According to the Ministry of Culture 00, the seven provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Gansu and Xinjiang will start the program. Other provinces may cut or drop fees. The government has plans to make all museums free by 2009.02br
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00"This move will help us learn more about our culture and history. As more and more foreigners are coming to 010200, it will also help bring Chinese culture to the world," said China Daily, the English Language newspaper.02br
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00Over the Spring Festival the 00 opened its doors to the public for free. It was a great success. About 80,000 people visited the 00museum00 during the holiday.02br
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00But there were problems too. Quite a few exhibits, including an elephant specimen 00were damaged. Flashes from cameras did great harm to things made of wood, paper and silk. The 00museum00 lost hundreds of thousands of yuan and had to close for several days.02br
00"Visitors have to learn to care about the exhibits. They need to follow the 00museum00 rules so we can hand down these treasures to our children," said Qu Wenyong, a professor in 00.02br
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