爱国主义教育是德育教育的核心和基础。博物馆、纪念馆肩负着宣传爱国主义、教育群众的神圣使命。鸦片战争博物馆作为全国爱国主义教育示范基地,为发挥虎门销烟与鸦片战争古遗址这一优质资源的爱国主义教育作用,坚持“以人为本”的服务宗旨,充分发挥自身优势,不断丰富和创新教育形式,采取“请进来”与“走出去”两种方式,积极构建爱国主义教育新平台,在弘扬、培育民族精神、爱国主义思想等方面取得了良好成效。 Patriotism education is the core and foundation of moral education. Museums and memorials bear the sacred mission of propagating patriotism and educating the masses. As a demonstration base of national patriotism education, the Opium War Museum plays a patriotic role in education of high-quality resources such as the Humen pinpointing and the ancient sites of the Opium War. It insists on the principle of “people-oriented”, gives full play to its own advantages and continuously enriches and innovates The two forms of education have taken “inviting in” and “going out”, actively building a new platform for patriotism education and have achieved good results in promoting and cultivating the national spirit and patriotism.