The National Hansen's
Disease Museum

The
National
Hansen's
Disease
Museum

The National Hansen's Disease Museum

The National Hansen's Disease Museum disseminates correct knowledge about the Issues related to leprosy
The purpose is to eliminate prejudice and discrimination through enlightenment and to restore the honor of Leprosy patients and former patients

The National Hansen's Disease Museum disseminates correct knowledge about the Issues related to leprosy
The purpose is to eliminate prejudice and discrimination through enlightenment and to restore the honor of Leprosy patients and former patients

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2024.10.10
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The 10th Tama Zenshoen Human Rights Forest Art Exhibition
東京都東村山市内の小中学生が多磨全生園を題材として描いた絵画42点を展示します。こどもたちの差別と偏見のない社会への願いが込められた作品をぜひご鑑賞ください。 開催概要 【会期】 2024年11月16日（...
2024.09.14
Other
[Event Information] Library Mini Exhibition "Tanaka Isson and Amami-Wakouen"
Tanaka Isson (1908-1977), a Japanese painter known for his detailed paintings of flowers and birds depicting subtropical plants and animals, began his artistic career in Amami from the official residence of Amami-Wakouen National Sanatorium. This exhibition features books and materials that allow visitors to learn about Isson's relationship with Wakoen...
2024.09.01
Special exhibitions, gallery exhibitions, special exhibitions
Preview of The National Hansen's Disease Museum 2025 special exhibition "Life in a sanatorium as seen through letters (...
From September 27 to December 27, 2025, The National Hansen's Disease Museum will hold a special exhibition, "Life in a Sanatorium as Seen in Letters" (tentative title), in the gallery on the first floor. This exhibition features letters written to his family by a boy who was isolated in a sanatorium from the age of 13 to 19 (October 1961 to July 1967).
2024.09.01
Special exhibitions, gallery exhibitions, special exhibitions
ギャラリー展「富山秀伯作陶展 ―隔離の壁を越える作品たち―」
開催にあたって 　富山秀伯【名前：富岡克行】さんは1948（昭和23）年に群馬県に生まれ、ハンセン病を発病し、1961（昭和36）年に多磨全生園に入園しました。現在も多磨全生園で暮らしています。 　療養所のなかで富山さんは様々...
2024.08.20
Museum talk
[Event Information] Museum Talk 2024 / Special Feature: Women in Leprosy sanatorium...
How did women with or Former leprosy patients from Leprosy patients live in sanatoriums under the isolation policy? This museum talk will feature books written by women who lived in Leprosy sanatorium themselves, and will examine the historical narratives of Leprosy sanatorium to date.
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ABOUT The
National
Hansen's
Disease
Museum

ABOUT MUSEUM

The National Hansen's Disease Museum

The National Hansen's Disease Museum

Issues related to leprosy, medical knowledge, while coordinating with each sanatorium
History of treatment, history Leprosy patients and former patients and their families, experience of their hardships
We provide information about this to society and widely convey our understanding of the Issues related to leprosy
Based on this, we provide a place where visitors can think about issues such as human rights.

About the The National Hansen's Disease Museum
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Hansen's
Disease

ABOUT HANSEN'S DISEASE

What is Hansen's Disease?

Hansen's disease is a progressive chronic infectious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae. 
Infection does not always cause the onset of the disease, and the disease itself is rare nowadays. 
Even if there is an onset of disease, the symptoms do not progress rapidly. The initial symptoms are skin rash and sensory paralysis. 
In the days when there was no cure, the disease could cause deformities and leave severe sequelae even if healed. 
Today, effective therapeutic medicines have been developed, and early detection and treatment can cure the disease without leaving any sequelae.
Hansen's Disease?

MOVIE

Learn about Hansen's Disease through videos

This is a video created by The National Hansen's Disease Museum to raise awareness about Issues related to leprosy. The medical characteristics of Hansen's Disease and the history of Issues related to leprosy are explained along with a story by Kimie Yamauchi, a resident Tama Zenshoen. (Produced in 2021)

The National Hansen's Disease Museum YouTube Channel

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  • location4-1-13, Aoba-cho, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo 189-0002 GOOGLE MAP Open with
  • ContactTEL: 042-396-2909 / FAX: 042-396-2981
  • Opening hours9:30 am to 4:30 pm (admission is until 4:00 pm)
  • Freeadmission
  • ClosedMondays and the day after "National Holidays".
    However, it is open if Monday is a national holiday. Year-end and New Year holidays. Day to organize the hall.
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    Public transport
    • Seibu Bus from Kiyose Station South Exit on Seibu Ikebukuro Line
      Hansen's Disease Museum bound for Kumegawa Station North Exit" (time required: about 10 minutes)
    • Seibu Bus from the north exit of Kumegawa Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line
      Hansen's Disease Museum bound for Kiyose Station South Exit" (time required: about 20 minutes)
    • Seibu Bus from Shin-Akitsu Station on the JR Musashino Line
      Zenshoen-mae bound for Kumegawa Station North Exit" and walk (about 20 minutes)
    • Walk from "Shin-Akitsu Station" on the JR Musashino Line or "Akitsu Station" on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line (about 20 minutes)
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    Automobile
    • About 7km (about 21 minutes) from the Shin-Oume Kaido "Kitahara" intersection
    • About 4km (about 13 minutes) from the intersection of Shin-Oume Kaido "Sakaecho 1-chome"
    • About 9km (about 30 minutes) from Tokorozawa IC on the Kan-Etsu Expressway
      * Since the number of parking lots is limited, please use public transportation as much as possible.

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