对于那些完全被殖民的国家或地区而言,其境内的殖民地博物馆展示的是当地的落后与野蛮,凸显西方的优越与先进。但对于中国这样历史文化悠久的半殖民地而言,博物馆内的中国博物学信息则改变了殖民者审视东方的倾向。亚洲文会博物馆虽然也会表现出西方的优越感,但是更多情况下所展示的还是中国的正面形象,因为标本的多样性及其所蕴含的文化艺术信息,改变了西人的对华认识。 For those countries or regions that are completely colonized, the colonial museums in their territory show the backwardness and savagery of the area, highlighting the superiority and advancedness of the West. But for China, a semi-colonial land with a long history and culture, Chinese natural history information in the museum changed the tendency of colonialists to look eastward. Although the Asian Literary Museum can also show the western sense of superiority, the positive image of China is still displayed in more cases because the diversity of specimens and the cultural and art information they contain have changed the understanding of western people toward China .