Tokushima Prefectural Museum Permanent Exhibition Renewal

This is a renewal of the permanent exhibition at the comprehensive museum (a publicly approved facility) located in Bunka-no-Mori Comprehensive Park, which combines humanities subjects such as archaeology, history, folklore, and arts and crafts with natural history subjects such as zoology, botany, geology, and dinosaurs.
We have completely renovated our permanent displays rooms under the new concept, "A Comprehensive Look at Tokushima – A Story of 'Life' and 'Time'."

The new permanent displays room offers a wealth of displays that allow visitors to experience the charm and characteristics of Tokushima, making the museum experience even more enjoyable. Through workshops on inclusive concept design and displays evaluation, the direction of displays content was confirmed, the experiential displays were verified, and universal concept design was implemented. With the museum as the "face of the region" in mind, displays was designed to encourage dialogue and interaction between curators and visitors, and among visitors themselves, through the exhibits (objects) as they explore the newly created "communication zone" and "museum street."
The museum embraces Tokushima's appeal as "rich nature, traditional culture, and innovativeness," and as a base for conveying these attractions, it has evolved into a museum that is always full of fresh surprises and easy to enjoy. Rather than simply providing information to visitors, it is displays space where you can learn about the charms of Tokushima through play, using actual artifacts (objects) as its core, and participatory displays methods such as 4K, VR, AR, XR, and hands-on experiences.


[Social Issues / Customer Issues / Requests]
The existing permanent displays were basically based on the academic standards of 30 years ago. Although our knowledge and collection of materials related to nature, history, and culture have increased significantly through our accumulated activities, the constraints of the room structure and displays cases made it difficult to change displays, and they had become outdated.
The previous displays lacked a clear distinctive feature and did not serve as a "representative of the region," and its content was not differentiated from that of other museums that opened later.
There was a need to respond to societal demands, such as initiatives that convey the joy of discovery and learning through physical objects (materials), and an increase in hands-on and participatory elements.
The facility needed to be made universally accessible, primarily for foreigners and people with disabilities, and addressed issues such as damage and fading due to aging, malfunctioning air conditioning, and the need for LED lighting.


[Solution]
After consulting with the curators, we completely revamped displays. Through workshops on inclusive concept design and displays evaluation, we confirmed the direction of the displays, verified the experiential displays, and implemented universal concept design. Along with creating a museum that serves as a "face of the community," we reorganized the flow of visitors from the "Museum Street" to each displays corner, focusing on the "Communication Zone," and adopted a partially selective flow of movement instead of a simple one-way route.


<Our project members>
[Sales/Project Management] Koichi Morimoto
[Planning] Kyohei Kishida, Setsuko Nishimura, Mao Horii, Hironori Mima
[concept design and Planning] Masaaki Mitsunaga, Tadashi Yuasa, Takeo Akamine, Rie Morita, Reiko Kagawa
[Production and construction] Hayato Ichimanda, Yoshito Inoue, Yu Oishi, Koichiro Takahashi