{"id":693420,"date":"2023-05-19T16:20:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T23:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=693420"},"modified":"2023-05-24T22:56:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:56:29","slug":"museum-dedicated-to-migrant-workers-to-shut-its-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2023\/05\/museum-dedicated-to-migrant-workers-to-shut-its-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum Dedicated to Migrant Workers to Shut Its Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
On May 18, a social media post<\/a> (archived here<\/a>) announced the impending closure<\/a> and demolition of a well-known museum dedicated to documenting the lives and improving the welfare of China\u2019s migrant workers. The Museum of Working People\u2019s Culture and Art (\u6253\u5de5\u6587\u5316\u827a\u672f\u535a\u7269\u9986, D\u01ceg\u014dng W\u00e9nhu\u00e0 Y\u00ecsh\u00f9 B\u00f3w\u00f9gu\u01cen<\/em>) was established in 2008 in Pi Village<\/a>, a working-class neighborhood in the far northeastern corner of Beijing, near the airport. Its exhibitions often involved displays of the artifacts of workers\u2019 lives<\/a>\u2014their personal photos, letters, temporary residence permits, employment certificates, pay slips, IOUs, labor contracts, work injury certificates, clothing, tools, and other possessions. The museum was also affiliated with a non-profit that offered various services such as a reading room, a cinema, a secondhand store, and even a school for the children of migrant workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n