Exhibition

On the ground floor of Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University is an Exhibition Hall where we show exhibitions of historical documents and other materials related to disaster prevention, as well as displays of the findings of more recent research.

Open: Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National holidays, Summer vacation period, Year-end and New Year holidays

Current Displays

Curated Exhibitions

Preparations for the next exhibition are currently under way.

Forthcoming Exhibitions

Curated Exhibitions

  • Disaster prevention efforts of companies cooperating with DMUCH (tentative) 29 January, 2024 〜 26 April

Past Exhibitions

Curated Exhibitions

  • Exhibition of works for the 17th Map Contest for Community Safety 23 October, 2023 〜 22 December
  • UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 21 August, 2023 〜 22 September
  • Research Outcomes of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage (20th Anniversary Exhibit)
  • Curriculum development for experiential learning of why cultural properties are important: Kigumi and Kiwari using the case of Tokyou
    DIY Semipublic Furniture that can also be used for Evacuation Living
    1 February, 2023 〜 28 April
  • Winning Entries for the 16th Map Contest for Community Safety 24 October, 2022 〜 23 December
  • Research Outcomes of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage 1 June, 2022 〜 16 September
  • Let’s experience and impressed by the epochal shift to safe, secure, and comfortable disaster shelters!
    The Sphere standard disaster shelter of the Covid19 era has arrived to DMUCH!
    24 January, 2022 〜 28 April
  • Winning Entries for the 15th Map Contest for Community Safety 25 October, 2021 〜 24 December
  • 2020 Research Outcomes of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage 17 May, 2021 〜 30 July
  • ・2019 Research Outcomes of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage
    ・UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
    19 January, 2021 〜 30 April
  • Winning Entries for the 14th Map Contest for Community Safety 26 October, 2020 〜 25 December
  • Winning Entries for the 13th Map Contest for Community Safety 28 October, 2019 〜 23 December
  • UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage
    1 August, 2019 〜 1 August
  • Research Outcomes of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage 27 May, 2019 〜 26 September
  • “Development of Cultural Heritage Disaster Mitigation”
    -Can you imagine The Kyoto in another 100 years?-
    28 January, 2019 〜 26 April
  • Winning Entries for the 12th Map Contest for Community Safety 29 October, 2018 〜 14 December
  • UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 21 August, 2018 〜 12 October
  • Research Outcomes of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage 21 March, 2018 〜 31 July
  • Exhibition : Cultural heritage of disaster, The remains of Ta Yu in Japan and its belief in God of flood control 16 March, 2018 〜 16 May
  • Collections and Activities of DMUCH 19 January, 2018 〜 9 March
  • Winning Entries for the 11th Map Contest for Community Safety
    30 October, 2017 〜 15 December
  • UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management,
    INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
    1 August, 2017 〜 13 October
  • Research Outcomes of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage 16 May, 2017 〜 28 July
  • Collections and Activities of DMUCH 23 January, 2017 〜 28 April
  • Winning Entries for the 10th Map Contest for Community Safety
    24 October, 2016 〜 16 December
  • UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University
    PILOT PLAN OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE
    2 September, 2016 〜 14 October
  • FY2013 - 2015 Research Outcomes of "Program for Core-to-Core Research" Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University 18 May, 2016 〜 26 August
  • Research Result Report of Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage - Research Outcomes of 'Program for Core-to-Core Research' 18 January, 2015 〜 28 April
  • Winning Entries for the 9th Map Contest for Community Safety 26 September, 2015 〜 18 December
  • Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, The International Training Course on D UNESCO isaster Risk Managementof Cultural Heritage "Disaster Risk Management Plans for Cultural Heritage" 3 September, 2015 〜 9 October
  • Research Activities of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage
    - Disaster Mitigation Planning in Cultural Heritage and Historic Cities
    - Study Group on Policy for Inheritance and Conservation of Historic Cities and Cultural Heritages
    18 May, 2015 〜 31 August
  • Collections and Activities of DMUCH 9 January, 2015 〜 30 April
  • Winning Entries for the 8th Map Contest for Community Safety 27 October, 2014 〜 19 December
  • Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, The International Train UNESCO ing Course on Disaster Risk Managementof Cultural Heritage "Disaster Risk Management Plans for Cultural Heritage"
    3 September, 2014 〜 22 October
  • Research Activities of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage
    - For the Safety of Urban Cultural Heritages and Communities -
    16 June, 2014 〜 29 August
  • Research Activities of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage
    Cultural Heritage of Kyoto - Tomorrow and Yesterday -
    8 April, 2014 〜 12 June
  • Research Activities of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage on 2013FY
    1)Disaster Technology for Cultural Heritages
    2)Defense System of Man-made Hazard for Cultural Heritage
    15 January, 2014 〜 26 March
  • Winning Entries for the 7th Map Contest for Community Safety 25 October, 2013 〜 20 December
  • UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management The International Training Course on Disaster Risk Managementof Cultural Heritage "Disaster Risk Management Plans for Cultural Heritage" 3 September, 2013 〜 23 October
  • Collections and Activities of DMUCH 16 May, 2013 〜 30 August
  • Disaster views through Newspaper EXTRAs 5 May, 2013 〜 14 May
  • Global COE Program for Education, Research and Development of Strategy on Disaster Mitigation of Cultural Heritage and Historic Cities: Research Findings Poster Exhibition 15 January, 2013 〜 28 February
  • Winning Entries for the 6th Map Contest for Community Safety 29 October, 2012 〜 21 December
  • Fourth Ideas Competition for Strategy on Disaster Mitigation of Cultural Heritage and Historic Cities: Winning Entries 11 July, 2012 〜 24 October
  • Maps of the Great Fires of the late Edo period: Kyoto, Edo and Osaka 29 May, 2012 〜 9 July
  • Damage and Reconstruction in the 1927 Kitatango Earthquake -Special Exibition of 85th Anniversary in Kyoto- 16 April, 2012 〜 25 May
  • Active faults in urban area especially in Japan-Publication and correspondence to the active fault maps- 18 January, 2012 〜 12 March
  • Winning Entries for the 5th Map Contest for Community Safety 31 October, 2011 〜 22 December
  • Third Ideas Competition for Strategy on Disaster Mitigation of Cultural Heritage and Historic Cities: Winning Entries 6 July, 2011 〜 27 October
  • i-BOUSAI Evacuation Support Kits Exhibition 10 May, 2011 〜 4 July
  • Disasters of the Past Through Historical Documents 11 January, 2011 〜 31 March
  • 4th Map Contest for Community Safety: Winning Entries
    25 October, 2010 〜 24 December
  • Disasters of the Past Through Historical Documents 1 October, 2010 〜 20 October
  • Second Ideas Competition for Strategy on Disaster Mitigation of Cultural Heritage and Historic Cities: Winning Entries 6 July, 2010 〜 29 September
  • Protecting the Past to Ensure the Future: Achievements of the Ritsumeikan Research Center for Disaster Mitigation 30 April, 2010 〜 4 July
  • Kyoto Arts and Entertainments: A Walk Through Time Virtual Kyoto: A Recreation of the Gion Festival Fune-Hoko A recreation of the Fune-Hoko, a boat-shaped float that features in Kyoto's Gion Festival, using state-of-the-art computer technology. 31 March, 2010 〜 27 April
  • Academic Frontier Project: Research Findings Poster Exhibition

    11 December, 2010 〜 24 March
  • 3rd Map Contest for Community Safety: Winning Entries 2 November, 2009 〜 30 November
  • First Ideas Competition for Strategy on Disaster Mitigation of Cultural Heritage and Historic Cities: Winning Entries 23 June, 2009 〜 29 October
  • Memories in the Media of the Great Earthquake 20 May, 2009 〜 19 June
  • The Great Kanto Earthquake As Recreated Through Maps 8 April, 2009 〜 10 May
  • Self-help, Public and Mutual Assistance, and Partnerships for Safety in the Historical City of Kyoto 7 January, 2009 〜 6 April
  • 2nd Map Contest for Community Safety: Winning Entries 20 October, 2008 〜 19 December
  • Studies on Development of Construction Techniques for Temporary Housing After a Disaster Using Traditional Plastering (Sakan) Techniques 1 July, 2008 〜 31 October
  • Active Faults in the Kinki Region 1 October, 2007 〜 31 October
  • 1st Map Contest for Community Safety: Winning Entries 29 October, 2007 〜 21 December

R-DMUCH Opening Exhibition

City and Disaster Prevention Simulation and Gaming Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition