China's major museums are ready to say no to "selfie sticks", but are still considering whether to close their doors completely to the world's newest camera accessory.

 

The Palace Museum in Beijing, the world's largest museum in terms of visitor numbers, announced on Wednesday that selfie sticks are "not suggested to be used" in the institution.

 

"Selfie sticks will cause safety concerns, whether for tourists or the exhibits," said Shen Lixia, deputy director of the museum's tourist reception department. "It may touch the glass exhibition case and cause damage to the cultural relics."

 

She said that selfie sticks can still be taken into the museum, but visitors using them in indoor exhibition halls will be stopped by museum staff.

 

There are many narrow passageways and staircases in the Palace Museum, where the sticks could cause problems, and Shen added that the sticks cannot be used in outdoor areas.

 

"Consequently, we suggest visitors do not take them into our museum in the first place," she said.

 

A similar situation exists in Nanjing Museum in the Jiangsu provincial capital.

 

According to Cui Xiaoxing from the museum's public relations department, staff members will ask visitors using selfie sticks to put the instruments away, but they are still allowed in the museum.

 

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