Museums in Beijing to reopen in May but not for group visits

Museums in Beijing will reopen from May 1, announced Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage. Group bookings will not be accepted.

Visitors will have to make reservations and museums will operate at a 50-percent maximum daily capacity. 

Other protocols include temperature scanners, face masks and visitor registration. 

The official has made it clear that cultural exchanges outside the province and abroad, academic seminars and other work projects will be suspended, and construction projects such as exhibition and production will be suspended inside the museum venue, so as to ensure the absolute safety of orderly opening during the pandemic.