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Women's Archives Center
The Women's Archives Center at National Women's Education Center (NWEC) , which was established in June 2008, collects historical materials on pioneer women, women's group activities and public records on women's education and women's/gender-equal policy.
The acquired materials are organized and preserved and the Center make use of them for learning and research activities to realize a gender-equal society in collaboration with other organizations.
Collections
Subject areas：
- Women's education
- Women's issues, women's labor, women's movement and women's policy
- Materials used for compiling women's history
- Women's groups
- Materials on NWEC
Periods：
- Mainly from Meiji Era (1860's-) to UN Decade for Women
Geographical areas：
- Materials on nationally influenced women's activities
Materials：
- Unpublished official and private records, documents, audio records and visual records
Information for Visitors
Reading Room (3rd Floor of Main Building)
- Opening Hours: 9：00-17：00 (browsing request: 9：00-16：30)
- Closed Days: Closed days of NWEC
Browsing
Materials are in closed access stores. Please fill in an application form and
submit to the reception desk.
The limited service on Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays. Please contact in advance.
Exhibition Room (1st Floor of Main Building)
Some of the Women's Archives Center's collections are regularly exhibited at the Exhibition Room and a special exhibition on pioneer women in various fields is held annually.
- Opening Hours: 9：00-19：00
- Closed Days: Closed days of NWEC
- Admission free
Women's Digital Archive System
The catalogue records and digital images of the collections are available on the Internet. The collection can be searched by keywords, type of the material (document, letter, poster, picture etc.) and a chronological table.
URL: http://w-archive.nwec.jp (Japanese)
