著者

稲垣 裕美

出版者

日本薬史学会

雑誌

薬史学雑誌 (ISSN:02852314)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.53, no.2, pp.85-90, 2018 (Released:2020-07-15)

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The Naito Museum of Pharmaceutical Science and Industry was established in 1971 by Toyoji Naito, founder of the pharmaceutical manufacturer Eisai Co., Ltd. and the Naito Foundation. Mr. Naito decided to establish the museum after observing that Japan has no equivalent of the comprehensive pharmaceutical museums found in Europe and America. If this situation continues, precious artifacts illustrating the development of pharmaceutical science and the pharmaceutical industry will be lost, and that is something future generations will regret. Visited by approximately 40,000 people each year, the museum has received more than 1.6 million visitors to date. Its collection includes 65,000 artifacts and 62,000 books. Focusing on collecting items that would otherwise be lost, the museum has prioritized making them conveniently accessible to the public via its permanent exhibition, special exhibitions, a website and a library. Currently the museum faces several challenges. Its database of books and artifacts is inadequate for present needs because the files, research results, and other items logged in it are not linked to each other, and the storeroom housing three-dimensional artifacts is not properly equipped. The most serious challenge is that, although recent years have seen special exhibitions on cancer, dementia, infectious diseases (neglected tropical diseases) and new drug development, legal restrictions and the status of the company facilities prevent the museum from collecting and exhibiting the excellent pharmaceutical products made by other companies. The museum is working to resolve these challenges, but it is short of staff and equipment. Everyone who visits the museum or uses its books and artifacts helps bring a solution nearer.To ensure its availability to generations 100 or 200 years from now, the museum will continue to cultivate a pharmaceutical culture by disseminating the riches of its collection and providing information to its many users.

著者

伊藤恭子 稲垣裕美執筆・編集

出版者

内藤記念くすり博物館

巻号頁・発行日

2016

著者

小粥 智浩 稲垣 裕美 小峯 力

出版者

流通経済大学

雑誌

流通経済大学スポーツ健康科学部紀要 (ISSN:18829759)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.6, pp.23-33, 2013-03