President Xi Jinping put science popularization and scientific and technological innovation as the same important position. Popularization of science is to popularize scientific knowledge, advocate scientific methods, disseminate scientific ideas, cultivate scientific spirit, promote the application of technology, and build bridges between scientists, engineers, technicians and the public. The performance of science popularization activities includes two aspects: the achievement and the efficiency of science popularization activities. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of popularization activities of science in museums and the essential connotation of the performance of popularization activities of science in museums, this paper tried to establish a performance evaluation model of popularization activities of science in museums, determines the three first-level evaluation indicators of content, organization and influence degree of popularization activities of science in museums, as well as the weights and evaluation criteria of 12 second-level evaluation indicators. The study empirically analysed science popularization activities at Chongqing Natural Museum and Hebei GEO University.

performance of science popularization activities  /  evaluation model  /  empirical analysis