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10,000 Visitors to the Fukuzawa Yukichi Memorial Keio History Museum!

On the 5th of March, eight months after our opening in July 2021, the Keio History Museum welcomed its 10,000th visitor!
Our 10,000th visitor, Mr. 岡山浩之, was awarded with items from our museum shop in celebration of this achievement.
Having opened in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, we are extremely grateful to everyone who has come to visit.
At the moment, we are in the midst of preparations for our second Special Exhibition, Keio Baseball and Modern Japan, opening in June. We hope that this exhibition is exciting not only for first-time visitors, but for those returning to us as well.
We are looking forward to your next visit!

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Ceremony for the successful completion of the museum

The Keio History Museum was planned to open to the public on May 15, 2021. We were unfortunately unable to do so, and postponed the opening in light of the declaration of the State of Emergency prompted by the spread of COVID-19. However, on May 15, the same date on which we had initially planned to open to the public and the anniversary of the Yukichi Fukuzawa-Francis Wayland Memorial Lecture, we held a “completion ceremony” to mark the conclusion of preparations for the museum.

The ceremony itself was a stripped-back event, attended by around 30 people, including the Keio President Haseyama Akira and his Vice-Presidents as well as institutional staff of the museum. President Haseyama delivered an address which touched on the process leading up to the establishment of the museum and the significance thereof. This was followed by an address from Museum Director Hirano Takashi, which included an overview of the distinguishing features of the museum. Deputy Director Tokura Takeyuki then outlined the concepts and composition of the exhibitions, after which attendees were given a preliminary tour.

The public opening date of the museum remains to be finalized and we will announce the details via this website as soon as they have been confirmed.


Greeting by Keio University President Akira Haseyama
 

Guide by Vice Director Takeyuki Tokura
 

Preview by attendants