A new trend in war museums

Abstract

As the role of museums becomes broader nowadays, it has more social responsibilities. The war museum, a conditioner of public memory, has a new trend of focusing on the current life and the future instead of just stating the truth. It seems to become more audience-centered in curatorial strategy or audience activities. The visitor-centered strategy is applied well in UK war museums like the Imperial War Museum, while it should be improved in Chinese war museums like the Memorial.

Hall of the Victims of Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. Based on the theory and practice, the paper discusses the following main aspects: the new trend of war museums, the case study of The Memorial Hall of the Victims of Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in China, and the Imperial War Museum North in the UK, based on the contract between the two case museums in interpretation strategy and the situation of memory work. It will see the current situation of display and memory work in the Memorial Hall in Nanjing, which reflects the Chinese war museums, as well as the future landscape of the Memorial Hall in

Nanjing, China.