Visitors with young children at Lake Biwa Museum now have two additional private spaces for feeding, changing clothes and changing nappies, according to an October 23 announcement by Shiga Prefecture. The mobile baby-care units are beside the second-floor B exhibition room and at the first-floor aquarium exhibition entrance.
The museum already has a nursing room near its entrance; the new units extend baby-care facilities to other parts of the building. They are Trim’s mamaro units, with a light beside the sliding door indicating use and an electrical outlet that can be used for an electric breast pump.
The museum asks visitors to take used nappies and other rubbish away because bins are not provided. As the units are mobile, their locations may change. One of the two was donated through the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums with support from the Japan Lottery Association.
琵琶湖博物館、個室型ベビーケアルームを2台新設
滋賀県は10月23日、琵琶湖博物館に個室型の移動式ベビーケアルーム2台を設置したと発表した。場所は2階B展示室横と1階水族展示室入口。授乳に加え、着替えやおむつ替えに利用できる。従来からある入口近くの授乳室に加え、館内の別の場所でもケアができるようにした。Trim社製「mamaro」で、利用時はドア横の哺乳瓶マークが点灯し、電動搾乳機用のコンセントもある。ごみ箱はなく、おむつなどは持ち帰る。移動式のため設置場所が変わる可能性がある。2台のうち1台は日本宝くじ協会の助成を受け、日本動物園水族館協会から寄贈された。