Makeovers for museums

From programs inviting members of the public to re-create their memories to holding workshops, repositories of the country's heritage are finding new ways to boost visitor numbers. Lin Qi reports.

One memorable and pleasant childhood activity for Li Yiman, a cafe shop owner in her 30s, was helping her grandfather hatch eggs in a wooden incubator.

"But it was not until I grew older that I found the process magical, although it looked quite simple," says Li, a resident of Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.