This paper summarizes and analyses the venue distribution, the degree of innovation and independent design, team members and funds of 20 exhibits awarded in the first National Science and Technology Museum Exhibition& Exhibit Competition, the aim of which is to reflect the current situation and existing problems of exhibits innovation in China's science and technology museums. Through the analysis, it can be seen that the research and development of exhibits of science and technology museums in China are mostly concentrated in Science and Technology Museums at the provincial or above the provincial levels and also in a few Municipal Science and technology museums. Relevant exhibit design and research teams are highly educated and young, however, the degree of independent design of exhibits, especially in technical design, needs to be improved, the level of technical design of relevant personnel needs to be enhanced, and the training of reserve talents needs to be further strengthened. The standardized design of exhibits still needs further research and practice. Based on the evaluation process of this competition, this paper makes a collection and analysis of the evaluation criteria of innovative exhibits, and puts forward the idea of adding the process of audience evaluation with an aim to better evaluate innovative exhibits in the future.