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The past 30 years to know the changes in life, the NEXT 30 years to connect

Exhibition period: – From Sunday, November 1, 2020 to Sunday, January 31st, 2021

Since its opening in 1990, Showa Era Life Museum has been engaged in various museum activities for 30 years.

In addition to the preservation and collection of materials related to the history, culture, and cultural properties of this area, which are the basis of regional museums, and research, we are actively collecting and displaying living materials that convey the changes in life in the Showa period, which is said to be a turbulent era. In the form of an exhibition, we have created a perspective that looks at the lifestyle of the Showa era from various angles.

In addition, as a measure to widely utilize the living materials of the Showa period, which have the power to stimulate people’s memories and remind them of nostalgic memories, outside the museum and in the local community, the field of elderly care was one of the first in the Japanese museum world. I have been working on the reminiscence that has been attracting attention recently. By organically linking museums, welfare, and medical care, the reminiscence method has taken root in the community, and now it goes beyond the framework of the care prevention business, and the elderly are deeply involved with the local community centered on reminiscence, and people It is developing into an activity that connects with.

At this exhibition, 30 important keywords will be used to develop the vast amount of materials and characteristic museum activities that have accumulated over the past 30 years, exceeding 100,000, in the next 30 years. I will look back and put together by extracting the collection of. Then, using the trajectory of 30 years of activity as a clue, the issues that will be required in the next 30 years, “What are the things (materials) that should be left in the future?” “What role is expected of the Showa Everyday Museum in the future?” I will think about “what?” With you.

Uchigawa Exhibition of Things

Have you ever wanted to see the inside and the back of an exhibit that you can’t see in a regular exhibition?

What’s inside the electrical appliances? What’s in that box? What was in that drawer?

To satisfy such curiosity, this time we will look inside things that cannot be seen in ordinary exhibitions.
If you look at the inside, back, and contents of things, you can see how they are used, their roles, their mechanisms, and their ingenuity.

At this exhibition, by turning the viewpoint of appreciation inward, you can take a closer look at the world that spreads inside various things, and enjoy fresh discoveries and surprises that cannot be obtained just by looking at the outside.

Introduction of the special exhibition “News Scraps that make your heart dance”

Exhibition introduction 1.

We are holding a special exhibition “News Scraps that make your heart dance”, Scrap-Events and event files of the Showa period when everyone was enthusiastic and crazy” from July 6th.

At the exhibition hall, big events and events that became social phenomena such as the Tokyo Olympics and the Osaka Expo will be exhibited together with newspaper and magazine articles that convey the news of the time and related materials, and the enthusiasm and fashion of the time It is a space where you can feel the situation.
It will be held until September 16th, so please visit the exhibition hall.

Exhibition introduction 2.

Newspapers and related materials that convey the feat of Apollo 11.

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Selected as the winner of the 1st “Japanese Association of Museums Award”

Kitanagoya City Museum of History and Folklore “Showa Era Lifestyle Museum”

This award is “a system that allows up to two museums per year to be honored for their significant contributions to the promotion of Japanese museums and their outstanding achievements that serve as a model for other museums” (*).
 The Chihiro Art Museum (Azumino, Tokyo) and the Kitanagoya City Museum of History and Folklore have been selected as the first award winners. The awards are scheduled to be presented at the National Museum Convention in autumn.
 The reason for the award was as follows: “As a local public museum, the museum was quick to engage in projects using the reminiscence method for local elderly people, utilizing its collection of items used in daily life during the Showa era. In addition, the museum fulfills its role as an engine for passing on local culture from one person to another, and functions as a place for intergenerational exchange in the community, with a long-term vision and plan for the continuation of the project. (*).

We would like to create new approaches in the “new daily life” by seeking new ways to coexist with the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, especially by reminiscence method and being a communication-oriented museum.

(*) Japan Association of Museums, Museum Studies, Vol. 55, No. 5, 2020 “From the Japan Association of Museums: Establishment of the Japan Association of Museums Award and Selection of the First Awardees (Announcement)

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2nd floor lobby / topic exhibition corner The exhibition has been changed.

September 19, 2019

"Electrical Waves and Heating Appliances" Exhibition

“Electrical Waves and Heating Appliances” Exhibition

The exhibition in the topic exhibition corner in the lobby on the 2nd floor has been changed.
The theme of this time is “Electrification Waves and Heating Appliances”, and we are exhibiting a collection of heating appliances around 1955, when the waves of electrification spread rapidly in our daily lives.
The photo shows a transitional electric appliance from traditional folk implements to electric appliances, in which a heater that used to use charcoal as a heat source has electrified the heat source while maintaining the basic structure and form. The left is a comparative exhibition of kotatsu and electric kotatsu, and the right is a comparative exhibition of brazier and electric brazier. _Ito

Information for the next exhibition

Special exhibition “News Scraps That Make Your Heart Dance Showa NEWS Scrap”

Special exhibition “News Scraps That Make Your Heart Dance, Showa NEWS, Scrap-Events and event files of the Showa era when everyone was enthusiastic and crazy”
Exhibition period: July 6th (Sat) -September 16th (Monday / holiday)

Heisei is over, and a new era “Reiwa” has arrived.

Next year, the 32nd Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo in the 2nd year of Reiwa (2020), and the 2025 Japan World Exposition will be held in Osaka in the 7th year of Reiwa (2025). The times have changed and the Showa era has become farther away, but the big events of the Olympic Games and the Expo, which once thrilled and enthused many people in the Showa era, were held again in the same place during the Reiwa era. I’m trying.

At this exhibition, materials related to the Tokyo Olympics and the Osaka Expo will be collected to see how the enthusiasm was once, and in the Showa period, especially after the war, many people were fascinated by things that caused social phenomena and trends. I will take up things and so on.

Let’s look back on the Showa era through the things that attracted and engrossed many people, such as the start of TV broadcasting, “three sacred treasures”, private car boom, space development, fashion trends, and panda fever. _Ito

 

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Corolla and commemorative photo

Get in the driver’s seat and take a commemorative photo

* This photo session has ended.

Commemorative photo session
April 29, 2019 Showa Day
13: 30-15: 00
Place Underground vehicle exhibition corner
Capacity 20 people (first-come-first-served basis), no

Entry fee: Free
Please bring a camera, etc.

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