JIYU MINKEN Institute of Machida City

Reference/Local/Exhibition/Literature Museum

3.5

The Freedom and People's Rights Movement was a political movement in the Meiji period consisting largely of the former warrior class, wealthy farmers, and people of lower farming classes. The JIYU MINKEN Institute of Machida City collects and displays materials related to this movement and the history of Machida. The ceramic wall relief at the entrance of the permanent exhibition room appears to symbolize the various people who participated in the movement. Renovated in 2016, the permanent exhibition teaches about the movement as it pertains to the Buso Region (the area of modern Kanagawa Prefecture, as well as Tama). There is also a new children's section in the corridor where they learn about the movement from a slightly different angle from what they're taught in school.

Spot details

Address: Tokyo Machida-shi Nozutamachi 897 Map
Area: Southern Tama Area
Phone: 0427344508
Hours: 9:00-16:30
Closed: Monday (The next day for public holidays), 12/28-1/4, special days closed (in-house fumigation Sunday, etc.)
Fees: [Admission fee]Free
Parking Lot: Available (12 spaces, including 1 space for disabled people)
Wi-Fi: Available(Machida Free Wi-Fi)

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

自家用車で行きました

Reviewed : 2020.03.02

町田駅からはかなり遠いので（バスはあるけれど行き先が不明）自家用車では行きました。読んで字の通り、特に明治開化期の民権運動資料が豊富です。漫画とかあって面白いですし。
ユニークな展示

Reviewed : 2019.09.19

公共交通機関でうかがうことも可能とは思いますが、少なくとも電車駅からはとても離れていて、気楽に行くというわけにはいかないのが残念です。そう、残念というくらいに実は訪れる価値のある展示品があります。明治以降の日本の民主主義の歩みを、どちらかというと市民の眼から見たそれを紹介する企画が多いです。建物もセンス良いです、おすすめです！
歴史に触れる

Reviewed : 2019.08.08

町田市が神奈川県から東京都に移った経緯もあります。どの駅からも遠いですが、一度訪ねてみても損はないです。