- BEIJING: Talks on bringing an Albert Einstein exhibition to Shanghai have broken down after a Chinese museum suggested merging it with an exhibition on Confucius.
The “Albert Einstein (1879-1955)” exhibition is on display at the Hong Kong Science Museum until August. It has previously appeared in Beijing and Guangdong.
A director at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum said Tuesday that there were discussions with the Historical Museum Bern about hosting the exhibition, but the sides are no longer talking.
The director gave only his surname, Zhang. He says he did not know why the talks ended. He says the Shanghai museum had an idea to merge the European physicist’s exhibition with one on the Chinese philosopher, who lived more than 2,000 years earlier.
