Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka

Description

The museum set up in a vacant school is aimed at creating a “thinking museum”, which features a learning environment utilizing the former school, and has the concept of cultivating human skills. Each exhibit room recreates a school setting (e.g., chairs, desks, blackboard) and aims to stimulate thinking by showcasing the exhibit theme indirectly. A sign shown in the hallway symbolizes the exhibit theme. By having an integrated design for the spaces and graphics, the whole facility encourages thinking.

Statement of the jury

Through the creative use of classroom furnishings for the exhibition design, this exciting and intellectually stimulating exhibition clearly communicates the themes of learning and reflection.