Romantic Scotland - Chinese Perceptions of Cultural Heritage

Overview

In April 2017, the Romantic Scotland exhibition opened at Nanjing Museum in Jiangsu Province in the People’s Republic of China. This report documents the reaction of the museum visitors in Nanjing to the paintings, photography and objects presented in Romantic Scotland. In addition, it explores how the representations of Scotland in the exhibition influenced perceptions about the nation and its rich cultural heritage. The international research team from the UK and China who undertook the research were led by Historic Environment Scotland, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

N.B. This report is in English and Mandarin

Authors

Rebecca M Bailey

Rebecca studied architectural history and is Head of Education and Outreach at Historic Environment Scotland.

Michael Silk

Bournemouth University

Yiwen Wang

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Lo Yun Chung

University of Bath

Gang Chen

Nanjing Museum

Andrew Manley

University of Bath