On November 1^st, officials of Sports Facilities Management Workshops from English-speakingAfricavisited XOM. They are fromBotswana,CameroonandKenya.

Under the guidance of narrator, exploratory mission visited the main exhibition hall of the museum and the Olympic theme exhibitions. After visiting, they knew about visitor reception, social education, collection management of XOM. They said, African countries’ sports development is not as good asChina. They hoped they would acquire something useful through the training and investigation. “Africa now lacks facility like Olympic Museum”, said one of the officials, “The building structure of Xiamen Olympic Museum is very characteristic.” He expected his country can also build such a museum to publicity Olympic culture and spirit to the youth and encourage them to build Olympic values. It is of great significant for the healthy growth of the teenagers.

After visiting, the African officials expressed that they’ve got a lot. It was the worthy trip. At last, XOM deputy curator took photos with the African officials.