ATTENDEE
Ms. Akiko Nishijima
Title
- Educator, Kyushu National Museum, Japan
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Akiko is an educator at the Kyushu National Museum in Fukuoka, Japan, who is passionate about increasing accessibility for minority groups. She leads the Museum Education Division and has developed many programs, workshops and events for both adults and children. One of her noteworthy projects was a museum theatre project, where actors and actresses put up a performance showing how exhibited items in the galleries were used. She organised a program last year introducing the development of rice cultivation in Japan. In 2015, she started the Kyuhaku Womens’ Archaeological Club, a group that designs its own programming in order to promote members’ interest in archaeology via experiential activities. Akiko is currently working on accessibility programs for visually impaired visitors.