The promotion of peace education through guides in peace museums. A case study of the Kyoto Museum for World Peace,Ritsumeikan University

This paper focuses on how peace education at a peace museum is promoted by a volunteer guide service for visitors. Peace museums are places where many materials related to war and peace history are on display. To support the learning experience of museum visitors, many peace museums in Japan provide a volunteer guide service. The Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, started such a service more than 20 years ago. A citizens’ group, called Friends for Peace, is in charge of the museum guide activities in cooperation with the museum. This article explains the purposes and nature of the service, and also reports on a survey of similar services offered by other peace museums in Japan.     

奏响友谊主旋律 迎接美好新明天——中共中央政治局常委、中央纪委书记贺国强出访古巴等四国纪行

2008年6月21日，一架标有鲜艳五星红旗的飞机从首都机场腾空而起，中共中央政治局常委、中央纪委书记贺国强应古巴共产党、特立尼达和多巴哥政府、巴西政府、安哥拉人民解放运动的邀请开始对上述四国进行友好访问。自此，飞机每一次落地，播撒下的是中国人民对往访国人民的亲切问候；每一次起飞，带走的是往访国人民对中国人民的浓浓情谊。