有人把20世纪称为博物馆的世纪,这从某一方面表明了博物馆在本世纪的发展中以及在社会生活中的地位。确实,现代博物馆经过一个世纪的发展,从其增长速度和在社会生活中所起的作用来看,它已经成为本世纪科学文化事业发展中令人瞩目的组成部分。博物馆以它对自然和人类文化遗产的保护、研究和传播所作的贡献受到了各国政府和社会公众的重视。在第四个文化遗产日杭州主场活动中,希腊大使赛卜罗斯·台卡罗斯代表驻华使节向大会表示祝贺时曾说:“过去和现在的和谐共存,和考古遗址 Some people call the 20th century the century of museums, which shows in some ways the museum’s status in the development of this century and its social life. Indeed, after a century of development, modern museums have become an impressive part of the development of science and culture in this century in terms of their growth rate and their role in social life. The museum’s contribution to the protection, research and dissemination of natural and human cultural heritage has drawn the attention of governments and the general public. During the 4th Hangzhou Cultural Heritage Day home event in Hangzhou, the Ambassador of Greece, Ambassador Buluosi Tykalos, on behalf of the Chinese ambassadors to the congress congratulated: ”The coexistence of past and present, and the archeological site