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2010: East Asia Friendship Museum Exchange begins: Museum Director Meeting and Working-level Meeting hosted on a rotational basis

The Museum Director Meeting originally began as a commemorative program for the 20^th anniversary of sister/friendship cities relations between Kitakyushu and Incheon. It developed into a trilateral exchange program following a suggestion from Kitakyushu. After the working-level meeting in August 2010, the 1^st East Asian Friendship Museum Director’s Meeting (both held in Kitakyushu) was held in November the same year. At the meeting, the three museum directors signed the Agreement on East Asia Friendship Museum Exchange Program, which marked the beginning of the trilateral museum exchange. Since then, the museums hold both meetings annually on a rotational basis, in which they discuss future activities. The exchange program is renewed every three years.

Past Events :

2012: The First Special Exchange Exhibition “Dalian, Scenery of City”

This exhibition compared photos of the old and new Dalian, allowing a quick glance at the changes the city went through.

2013: ‘East Asia Exchange Section’ established at Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History

With the renewal opening of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History in March 2013, the museum established a permanent section of East Asian Exchange to introduce the trilateral museum exchange, and has been displaying Dalian and Incheon’s history and culture, the two museum’s activities, as well as pictures, relevant documents, artifacts, etc.

2013-2014: The Second Special Exchange Exhibition “Kitakyushu – Scenery of an Industrial City”

The exhibition introduced the past and the present of Kitakyushu as an industrial city, a bird’s-eye view of the city, and reproduced coal mine photographs.

2013-2014: 50^th Anniversary of the Establishment of Kitakyushu Municipal System – “Lüshun Museum and Incheon City Museum’s Specialty Collection Exhibition”

From December 21, 2013 to February 11, 2014, “Lüshun Museum and Incheon City Museum’s Specialty Collection Exhibition” was held at the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History to commemorate the 50^th Anniversary of the establishment of the Kitakyushu municipality. The two museums’ bronze artifacts, paintings, and pottery introduced the two countries' history and culture.

2014-2015: The Third Special Exchange Exhibition “Modern Incheon Art”

The exhibition explored through printed illustrative documents how the modern Incheon has been expressed and passed down through the ages, as well as how its depiction has been accepted.

2016-2017: The First “East Asia Life and Culture” Traveling Exhibition, “Kimono (Japanese traditional attire)” Exhibition

At the 4^th Museum Director Meeting (2014), the directors agreed to conduct touring exhibitions on “East Asia Life and Culture (clothing, food, and housing)” every two years on a rotational basis and signed the Agreement on the Hosting of the East Asian Friendship Museum Exhibition in 2016.

The first of the exhibition series under the theme of East Asian clothing culture was hosted by Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History as a special exhibition on Japanese clothing culture. The series continued in Lüshun and Incheon.

2018-2019: The Second “East Asia Life and Culture” Traveling Exhibition - “Chopsticks” Exhibition

The second traveling exhibition under the theme of East Asian food culture reflected the unique characteristics of each country based on the chopsticks collection of the Lüshun Museum.

2020-2021: The Third “East Asia Life and Culture” Traveling Exhibition - “Backroom (Restroom)” Exhibition Planned

The third traveling exhibition under the theme of toilets in residential culture, was held in Lüshun and Kitakyushu, starting with the exhibition “Backroom, Becomes Toilet” at the Incheon City Museum.