Timeline of the War and Women’s Human Rights Museum

2024
08.16.

<The War and Women’s Human Rights Archives> Multilingual(Japanese, English) Website Open

- Go to the Japanese Website / Go to the English Website

05.04.
Commemoration of the 12th Anniversary of our museum’s opening and the 5th Anniversary of the late Kim Bok-dong’s death.
Special Exhibition <Peace Be With You> Opening and Related Lectures Holding (Scheduled to end on April 30, 2025)
03.11.
<The War and Women's Human Rights Museum> Main Site Relocation and Reorganization
03.08.
Special Exhibition <“Asia連帯회의 - Sympathy  Solidarity  Shakes  the  World> Opening
(Ended on August 17, 2024)

2023
09.01.

Opening of the special exhibition <Yellow Memory> and holding a related academic conference

07.03.

<Women and War Archives> Website open

07.01.
A reading performance of "The Castle of Poetry" is a social art one-act play contest with the theater company Whale as a joint group cooperation project

2022
08.14.

10th The International Memorial Day for Japanese Military Comfort Women

05.05.

10th Anniversary Event <Record, Connecting People>


2021
08.17.

Special Exhibit Voice of August 14: Kim Hak-soon’s Testimony 30th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition held


2020
10.08.

Special Exhibit of the 30th anniversary of the Korean Council 30 Years on the Road. In the End, It was Hope.

08.04.
Special Exhibit of Japanese military “comfort women” belongings, Another New Beginning, Finding Another Road
05.06.
Wednesday Archive opened

2019
10.01.

Special Exhibit I Was There. And There We Are: Stories of Kim Sunok, Ji Doli, Yi Sunda, Yi Gwangja and Other Women Who Could Not Come Back

05.08.

Special Exhibit Remembering Kim Bokdong Women’s Human Rights Activist


2018
10.01.

Special Exhibit Shanghai, Where the <Comfort Stations> Started: Records in Japanese Military War Diaries

10.
Peace Tour held 3 times
07.~10.
Peace Village Campaign Arts and Culture Programs with The War and Women’s Human Rights Museum

2017
11.

Peace Map created in Korean, English, and JapaneseMuseum Catalogue created in Korean, English, and Japanese

10.
Peace Tour held
09.12.

Special Exhibit <Wednesday Noons> held

03.~08.
Museum Youth Reporters program held
04.~05.
Wall painting renewal event in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the museum
03.29.
Opening ceremony of the statue Kim Bok-dong and Gil Won-ok are Peace! 

2015
05.23.

Special Exhibit <Women Waiting for Their Own Liberation> opened for the 70th anniversary of Korean independence


2014
08.11.

<Alley of Peace> wall painting opening ceremony

08.02.

Wall painting event: painting <Alley of Peace>

07.24.
Special Exhibit Tears of Congo: Wars not Finished, Tears not Dried with photographer Jeong Eun-jin

2013
05.05.

1st anniversary and Children’s Day celebration at the museum with events Halmonis’ stories, Learning about Japanese Military “Comfort Women” through Picture Stories, Flying Butterflies of Hope, Peace Playground (Reading, Writing, Drawing, Making Peace)

03.08.
Special Exhibition Today Same as Yesterday: Another World Map opened in celebration of International Women’s Day.
01.18.

The Museum joined the Korean Private Museum Association.

01.16.
The Museum registered with the Seoul metropolitan government.

2012
06.05.

The Museum Establishment Committee was disbanded.

05.05.
The War and Women’s Human Rights Museum opened.
05.05.

The opening symposium at the War and Women’s Human Rights Museum