It’s Courbet, NOT Gu Ba
This is how wiki defines a museum:
A museum is a building or institution that houses and cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.
This pretty much sums up what/how I feel about a museum.
Defending Zhenhai, Belaboring French Army
The Zhenhai’s Defence War is an important battle in the Chinese-French War. On February 28, 1885, Gu Ba, the commander of the France Far East Fleet, led the navy to invade Zhenhai. Under the leadership of the Armymen and people of Zhenhai, Liu Bing-Zhang, the governmental inspector of Zhejiang Province, concerted actions towards the foreign counterparts. The army and militia set up a joint defence, sharing the bitter hatred to deal with the invaders. Thus they made up of a steel great wall of uniting as one. They smashed the myth that the western big powers, so-called “ship firm and cannon sharp”, couldn’t be defeated. It was only a complete victory that China defeated foreigh [sic] aggressions of modern times. The Defence War and Zheng Nan Gun Great Victory (The Liang Shan Hill) ensembled a song of triumph about the army and people of China against French, composing a glorious page in the modern history of Chinese resistance against foreign aggressions.
This stele was at 镇海口海防历史纪念馆 Zhenhai Coast Defense History Museum, as of Sept 19, 2010. Grammar and spelling aside, the museum ought to do a better job to get the French admiral’s name right. It isn’t Gu Ba for Pete’s sake, it’s Anatole-Am
