Using Museums
Research project
Museums and the Revitalization of Cultural Heritage: Towards the Practical Involvement of Inter-University Research Institutes in the Reconstruction process after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Lead researcher
HIDAKA Shingo (National Museum of Ethnology)
Outline
This project aims to examine how the heritage of a culture that has suffered catastrophic damage can be restored for practical use and to explore what role the Inter-University Research Institutes can play in the reconstruction.
Objectives
1. Building a permanent storage system for tangible cultural properties
2. Supporting the preservation of intangible cultural heritage and contributing to society
3. Developing a database for archiving records and memories of damage caused by past earthquakes and tsunamis
4. Developing a system for cooperation among museums when disasters strike