Chinese Association of Museums to Select Logo and Motto for Volunteers of Chinese Museum

To further establish the image of Chinese museum volunteers and achieve an impressive debut on the 22nd International Council of Museums (ICOM) General Conference, Volunteer Professional Committee (VPC), under the support of Chinese Association of Museums (CAOM), solicited logos and mottos for Volunteers of Chinese Museum from the public. By the end of August, over 2,000 mottos and 200 logos had been collected and among which, five mottos and five logos were selected through discussion and voting of the second session of 1st Standing Council, VPC, CAOM. Now, VPC calls for your vote to elect the final motto and logo. After voting, the organizer will combine the opinions from both voters and experts and publicize the final result to the public.    

Please select one motto and one logo through the following approaches:

(1) Online vote: www.nbmuseum.cn.
(2) Letter: the vote paper on China Cultural Relic News;

Address for letter vote:

Liu Fang
Secretariat, Volunteer Professional Committee, Ningbo Museum
1000, Shounan Central Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
Postcode: 315100

Remark: please note “motto and logo selection” on the front side of your envelope and fill out personal information such as name, address, phone number, etc.

Deadline: October 25, 2010

Among all voters, 50 “Lucky Prize” will be drawn for souvenirs worth about RMB 100 yuan.

Candidate mottos:

　　1.   爱满博物馆 (I AM MUSEUM)

　　2.   博物风雅颂、奉献真善美 (Truth, Kindness and Beauty in Museum)

　　3.   情专博物馆、志愿博爱心 (Volunteers, Devoted to Museums)

　　4.  和谐博物馆、魅力志愿者 (Harmonious Museum and Attractive Volunteers)

　　5.   博物、博采、博爱(Treasures and Love in Museum)

Candidate Logos:

Hands from four directions form a window of heart, through which we see hope, bright future and the strength of hand-in-hand.

It also symbolizes the most beautiful flower of friendship formed by four doves of peace flying around the love.

Hand in hand, come on, everyone!

The design of round outside and square inside embodies the fallacy of “round sky and square earth” once believed by ancient Chinese. 

The color of Chinese red highlights Chinese characteristics.

Taking the letters of “VCM” as design elements, this logo creatively applies a ribbon to form an image of “working together with one heart”.

The ribbon symbolizes that volunteers play linking and bridging function between museums and the public.　

This logo is simple and exquisite in design, profound in connotations and easy to remember.

Numerous hearts, each represents a volunteer, fly together to form a “V”, the initial letter of volunteer, symbolizing the participating and team-working spirits of volunteers.

The image of pendulum illustrates that the interrelationship between volunteers and museums is established and reinforced by participation and interaction.

Different sizes of balls symbolize that volunteers are made up by different age groups, which further proves the all-inclusive feature of museums.

Innovatively, this logo transforms the letters “VCM” into a big smile under bright sunshine, symbolizing the vitality, passion and devoting spirit of volunteers;

Vote Table for Logo and Motto of Volunteers of Chinese Museum

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Vote Table for Motto of Volunteers of Chinese Museum（select one）
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Name:  _________________________
Contact: _________________________
Postcode:________________________
Address: _________________________

Vote online: http://www.nbmuseum.cn/elect_logo/index.asp