National War Museum
The National War Museum (Shinasthana: 邦政品室, prong-tjêngh-p.r′jem-stjit) is a war-themed museum in Themiclesia. It opened in 1990 under the joint supervision of the Department of Education, Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Defence. Its main exhibits, which date from the Neolithic to the modern era, are on loan from the Imperial Depository of Artifacts, which maintains a collection of over 80 million objects but is not open to the public, and the Imperial Archive; however, modern archaeological finds are also regularly displayed here. The NWM hosts multiple exhibitions each year. The exhibits at the NWM are, in principle, more than 100 years old; as of 2021, only artifacts antedating 1921 are on display.
The National War Museum is located in Bing, a suburb of Kien-k'ang, and occupies 10 hectares of land.
History
In 1971, the education secretary Mark Chip C. noted that the Imperial Depository of Artifacts was hosting over 80 million objects that are only available for academic study and made a proposal to divert them to thematic museums; he believed that this would allow the objects to generate revenue, whose upkeep was otherwise an onus on the public purse alone. However, contemporaries believed that opening a museum for them would be more expensive instead, and his plans were therefore shelved.
Collection
Governance
Public engagement
Themed exhibits
National Identity and Compulsion is a permanent exhibit in the NWM.