严修与近代天津博物馆

Yan Xiu and Museums in Modern Tianjin

早在1902年,严修就对日本的博物馆进行了深入考察,成为天津乃至全国较早系统接触和了解近代博物馆事业的重要官绅。他并没有将考察停留在单纯的认知层面,而是逐渐开始具体的办馆实践。热心教育的严修在回国后不久便仿照日本教育博物馆的模式,在天津积极设立教育品陈列场,并参与筹办教育品陈列馆。此后,他还发起筹建天津广智馆。可以说,严修是我国近代博物馆事业的先驱。

Yan Xiu is an important resigned official in visiting and learning the modern museums in Tianjin and even throughout the country for he once investigated Japanese museums in depth as early as 1902. What＇s more, his investigation wasn＇t only confined to the cognition domain, he gradually started his practice in establishing the museums. Yan Xiu is also enthusiastic in education, so he actively founded an educational supply display in Tianjin and made preparations to establish an educational supply museum. In addition, he is also the initiator of founding Tianjin Informative and Enlightening Hall. Therefore, Yan Xiu is the precursor of modern museum undertakings in China.