Birzeit's Museum Participates in Museum Studies Workshop

Birzeit University Museum collections custodian Ayman Alshweiki recently participated in a workshop on cultural heritage and museum studies.

The workshop, held in China, aimed to stimulate meaningful dialogue, and provide an inclusive participatory training program for Arab museum professionals to learn about Chinese culture and heritage and museum studies, while exchanging expertise between Arab countries and China, where the museum sector is growing rapidly and there is high demand for museum professionals.

Nine other Arab countries participated in the workshop: Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Kuwait, Tunisia, Sudan, the UAE, Lebanon and Palestine.