This paper attempts to analyze the main internal and external factors that influence the exhibits innovation in science and technology museums in China. Firstly, it reveals the exhibits characteristics of modern science and technology museums by analyzing the development of the exhibits in science and technology museums in other countries. Meanwhile, it compares the exhibits designing concepts in China with that of international pioneers and finds out the differences between them. Secondly, it also analyses the external factors that restrict innovating exhibits in terms of exhibitions design procedures, institutional arrangements of exhibitions and exhibits bidding and bid, and etc. Finally, it concludes that the main factors which result in the lack of innovative exhibits in science and technology museums in China are exhibits designing concepts and exhibitions designing procedures.

science and technology museums  /  exhibits  /  innovate  /  restrictive factors