The China Teachers’ Museum is located in Qufu Normal University. It is a museum themed around teacher culture and characterized by teacher ethics education, filling a national void. The museum is positioned as a ‘cultural memory of the national culture, a historical heritage of education, and a spiritual home for teachers.’ It aims to be a ‘national teacher ethics education training base and an international cultural exchange window for teachers.’ As an ethics education base established by the Ministry of Education in Shandong, and a national Sino-foreign youth exchange base jointly built by the National People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and Shandong Province, it is included in Shandong Province’s ’14th Five-Year Plan’ for significant educational projects.
Following the directive spirit that ‘a museum is a large school,’ the museum takes ‘the way of teachers’ as the main thread of display, with the display concept of ‘seeing history through objects, seeing people through history, and seeing spirit through people,’ striving to become a ‘new Apricot Platform’ for tracing origins, seeking virtues, and aspiring to be like the virtuous. The museum features three permanent exhibitions: ‘The History of Teachers,’ ‘The Cradle of Teachers,’ and ‘The Paradigm of Teachers.
The museum also features four themed branches: 1. The Educator Lecture Hall: Hosting brand activities such as ‘Apricot Platform Discussion,’ ‘Apricot Platform School,’ ‘Apricot Platform Public Class,’ and ‘Apricot Platform Lecture Hall.’ 2. The Educator Library: Collecting and displaying representative works and manuscripts of famous educators from various dynasties. 3. The Educator Video Hall: Collecting and displaying movies and TV series with teacher themes from different periods. 4. The Tianjiabing Style Hall: Displaying the touching deeds of Mr. Tianjiabing’s donation and dedication to education and the country.
Following the important directive to ‘let the cultural relics in museums, the heritage on the vast land, and the words written in ancient books all come alive,’ the China Teachers’ Museum adheres to the concept of being characteristic, public welfare, and museum boundary-free, striving to establish cultural landmarks, create timeless masterpieces, and build a century-old famous museum. It aims to preserve eternal cultural memories for the nation, treasure valuable historical heritage for education, and create a common spiritual home for teachers. Opening hours are all year round, Tuesday to Sunday from 09:00 to 17:00; closed all day on Mondays.
