Japan and Nature: Spirit of the Seasons is a 1,000-square-foot exhibition for children ages 5-12 that invites American children to explore how people, and their way of life, are shaped by where they live.

Japan and Nature features engaging activities through four distinct, interactive environments reflecting Japan’s seasons and geographic features. Japan’s unique geography, natural landscape, and human history converge to influence traditional and contemporary Japanese culture in myriad ways.

In this exhibit, collected stories, cultural artifacts, and photographs and videos of real children’s lives illustrate, from a Japanese child’s perspective, how nature is portrayed, observed, transformed, and experienced through commercialized recreation, technology, mass media, educational experiences, traditional arts, ceremonies, and celebrations.

By exploring how their counterparts in Japan celebrate and understand the seasons and their natural environment, American children discover the commonalities and differences they share.

 

AVAILABILITY

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GALLERY REQUIREMENTS

1,000 square feet, 9'0" ceiling heights, moderate security, stable temperature and humidity (AAM standards), nine 110-volt grounded outlets

INSTALLATION

Venues are approximately 12 weeks long (open to the public). Exhibition will be delivered five working days prior to opening. Schedule assumes Saturday openings, with Sunday as last day open. Installation assumes three or four working days for installation crew of four people, plus one day for shakedown and training. There will be seven to nine working days between closing date and delivery to next venue.

SUPPORT MATERIALS

Accompanying the exhibit are installation and interpretive manuals including suggested floor plans, program extension plans, background material on objects contained within the exhibition, a full exhibition script, a bibliography and webliography for the exhibition, a CD containing marketing and graphics templates, and a maintenance kit with backup parts and consumables. In addition, Brooklyn Children's Museum staff will provide planning and technical assistance to host museums via email, telephone, and fax.

 

 

Japan and Nature is funded, in part, by the Freeman Foundation.