ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture On paper, a museum here themed on the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami seemed like a safe and easily achievable project, a serene place for reflection and a memorial to the tragedy.
Art museum in Japan preserves memories, 3.11 losses through disaster-hit item exhibit
March 11, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Tiles from front entrances, bathrooms and other parts of homes destroyed in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, are seen in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. (Mainichi/Ami Jinnai) SENDAI Household items covered in mud, fragments of tiles from homes; these are some of the items exhibited as records of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami at Rias Ark Museum of Art in the city of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, where the disaster struck. Photographs of townscapes immediately after the waves came were taken by the museum curators, who also gathered the broken items on display. What were their thoughts as they continued to record amid extreme, conflicting emotions, and what were they trying to leave behind?
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