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A parent in Wuhan, Hubei Province, broke the news
His children are attending off-campus training winter camps
Accidentally smashing a "1.3 million artifact"
Parents of the children involved said
The shattered sculpture is owned by a private museum in Wuhan
The other party is now demanding compensation
Video source: @People's Attention
On January 26, the reporter learned from the staff of the Wuchang District Cultural Relics and Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center that the damaged "cultural relics in the collection" was a "tomb figurine", but it was not a registered cultural relic, and the two parties to the dispute have now reached a settlement, "The restoration will require about 20,000 yuan." ”
A staff member of the Political Work Office of the Wuchang Branch of the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau also told reporters that the matter has been handed over to the local judicial office for coordination and handling, and is currently being coordinated. The staff said that the value of cultural relics is not the "value of 1.3 million" as spread on the Internet.
Surveillance footage at the time of the incident
Surveillance video shows the half-human-tall terracotta figurine figure in a corner, with many students active nearby. When a student passed the clay figurines, his body accidentally touched the hands of the figurines, and as a result, the figurines broke into two pieces from the middle part and fell to the ground and were damaged.
The parent said that the child is 12 years old this year, and during the winter vacation, he participated in a 5-day off-campus composition training class, during which the teacher of the training institution took the child to visit the museum. He spent 1,000 yuan to give his children a winter vacation camp, and the result was a tragic result of asking for 1.3 million yuan in compensation, he said: "This is the rhythm of bankruptcy."
Museum staff responded:
The threat of never being coerced is in the negotiation phase
Yesterday, the private museum staff "Piece Jiang Zhou_ " spoke out, on the hot search # students visit the private museum to smash 1.3 million cultural relics # to clarify the facts, "I am solely responsible for my remarks, because from the beginning of the incident to now I am the only on-site witness and experiencer of the whole process, and I assist the curator and the police to follow up on this matter." ”
She wrote: "This town tomb figurine is not 1.3 million; the police party is not a museum; the museum has never extorted a research institution and the parents of the child; it is still in the negotiation stage." ”
As a witness to the whole thing, "Piece Jiang Zhou_ " said in a long article that the child took the initiative to say "sorry" at the first time he broke the cultural relics, and explained where the number "1.3 million" came from.
"The child's father has an audio recording to prove that it came out of the mouth of the teacher of the research institution", and the museum side went to the police station to know the price of "1.3 million", these parents and herself have audio or video recordings, "the curator and I have not coerced and threatened and blackmailed anyone from beginning to end, and have said any price figures."
Relevant departments intervene in mediation
The amount of compensation is within an acceptable range
According to the Beiqing Daily, parents said that the child was 12 years old this year, and it was the teacher of the training institution who took him to visit the museum, and the museum initially said that the market price of the sculpture was 1.3 million yuan. At present, the relevant departments are mediating compensation matters, and the initial compensation plan is that the training institution bears 60% and the parents of the children bear 40%.
On the 26th, the reporter learned from the Wuchang District Cultural Relics and Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center under the Wuchang District Culture and Tourism Bureau of Wuhan That the incident occurred at the Zhenyuan Museum in Wuhan.
The staff also introduced that the museum involved is a non-state-owned private museum, and the collection enthusiasts display their collections to the society, and the protection measures for the display of the collections are also decided by the private museums themselves.
The museum side revealed that at present, the relevant departments have intervened in mediation, the child is well protected, and the amount of compensation is also within the acceptable range of everyone.
For the matter
Many netizens questioned
Expensive exhibits
Just put it in the corner?
expert:
"Naked" exhibitions are OK, but they must be protected
"This matter should be viewed from two aspects, one is the audience's visit literacy, not necessarily cultural relics with historical value, even if it is a contemporary work of art, even cultural creation is placed there, visitors should pay attention to improve their own visiting literacy." Gao Menghe, a professor in the Department of Cultural Relics and Museology of Fudan University, told reporters that on the other hand, when the museum displays exhibitions, it should also pay attention to the safety of cultural relics, modern and contemporary art, and cultural and creative works. Gao Menghe said that many foreign museums have a tradition of "naked" exhibitions, and China has been trying, but the key needs to protect the items on display, "We use ropes, transparent fishing lines, etc., without affecting the exhibition, we can let the exhibits get close to the audience." ”
"When cultural relics are exhibited in the museum, there is no protective measures such as glass covers, and it is reasonable to only have the 'no touch' method." The Cultural Relics Hospital of the Great V@ for the Protection of Cultural Relics also told reporters that many museums at home and abroad have a large number of exposed cultural relics, and many of them do not even have "no touch", which is related to the overall quality of visitors. "Of course, museums also have the obligation to protect exhibits and audiences, and if exhibits fall down and injure the audience, museums also have safety hazards." The other party also said that according to the relevant domestic regulations, there is no requirement that the cultural relics exhibited in the museum must be equipped with a glass protective cover, etc., and many museums hope that there is no glass cover, so that the audience can have a more intuitive understanding of the cultural relics, "but many museums are later forced to add glass covers." ”
How should the child compensate for the situation in this incident where the child is suspected of encountering cultural relics and causing the cultural relics to be broken? @Heritage Hospital believes that "it is definitely the parties and guardians who bear the main responsibility." As for how to compensate, it is necessary for both parties to negotiate or legal judgment. ”
Source: People's Network, Oriental Network, Surging News, Dachu Network
Editor: Yu Hongyan