The Palace Museum will open its first nursing room this summer

[Photo: from VCG]

The nursing room is located in the Qianqingmen Plaza, at a corner close to the Longzong Gate.

Shan Jixiang, the curator of the Palace Museum, said "when people walk through the place, most of them will be tired. There is a backyard behind it which will be made into a space for children that will have flowers, grass and playground facilities. This way, children can eat some snacks, play and listen to some stories while their parents rest."

While it is still under construction, the finished space will cover several hundred square meters and have independent nursing rooms.

This is not the first time that the Palace Museum has made changes to bring more convenience to the millions of visitors each year.

Earlier this year, the museum added 1,750 well lids to create a smoother surface, added barrier-free structures for the disabled and built 1,500 benches around the trees to provide seats for visitors.

Also, after researching the use of toilets between male and female visitors, the Palace Museum amended the proportion of toilets to one male toilet to every three women's toilets.

According to Chinese media reports, an average of 80,000 tourists visited the Palace Museum every day during this year's May Day holidays.