Introduction to Permanent Exhibition
Chapter 1. In the Past, Those Heavy Times
In the past, there were times so heavy that they felt impossible to bear for Halmonis (the victims)the grandmothers.
Together, let’s listen to their past, shared in their own voices.
Intro
The location of the War and Women's Human Rights Museum is unique. Unlike other museums, it is located in a residential area, and it was remodeled from the existing house. There are also architectural techniques to help empathize with the grandmothers'Hhalmonis’ inner feelings and unique moving lines using them. In other words, the exhibition begins in a dark underground space along a narrow stone roadtunnel next to the building, not in a general floor-by-floor viewing order. This is a device thatdevice makes you feel the weight of history and the disconnection from the world through which the grandmothersHhalmonis had to go. Coming up from underground, the painful voices of the grandmothers’Hhalmonis’ screams are arranged along the stairs with pictures. However, this appeal turns into a voice of hope as you move into a bright space.
Welcoming Room
: The Beginning of a Journey
It is a space where you purchase a ticket containingwith a written introduction of one of grandmother’sHHalmonis life and make a connection with her. You experiencesee a video of butterflies flapping their wings freely through the walls of violence and discrimination.
Gravel Road
: Into the Fire
Walking on the rough stone road with the sound of cannon fire from the war, you enter a period of suffering that the victims had to endure. Following the pictures of the victims hanging on both walls, you head to a dark undergroundbasement.
Exhibit in the basement
: Her life
In the background of a battlefield and a comfort station, you enter an underground exhibition hall where the painful lives of the grandmothershHaHalmonis melt away. There, you meet the grandmotherHhalmoni, who established a connection with you throughmet in the video and the ticket. In the dark, narrow space, you feel a disconnectiondisconnected fromtofrom the world and burdensome by thethe weight of the history that the victims have endured.
Stairs
: The wall of appeal
The painful voices of victimsHhalmonis screaming echo throughout the walls along the stairs adorned with photos. As you step into the bright space, the victims' voices transform into voices of hope, appealinghopingpraying for others do not to experience the same thing again. It is a place where the pictures of grandmothersHhalmonis and their appeals, written in Korean, English, andor Japanese, harmonize to hold a deep place in your heart.