China is located between the Pacific Rim seismic zone and the Eurasian seismic zone, thus damage of cultural relics caused by earthquakes has occurred from time to time. In recent years, many developments have been achieved in terms of earthquake prevention technology for cultural relics, and integrated earthquake prevention systems have also been successfully applied in some museums. However, in general, risk prevention and emergency management are relatively weak. The use of inappropriate prevention approaches, lack of daily management and emergency capacity have been found in some museums. Therefore, it is very necessary to establish an earthquake emergency management system for cultural relics, in which the emergency plan is particularly important. By establishing an earthquake emergency management system, the awareness, emergency capacity and prevention approaches of museums can be improved so as to further protect cultural relics.