Permanent exhibition
From June 1, 1990, to March 2004

This was a themed exhibition on the campus life of the Himeyuri students before they were mobilized into the war effort. The exhibition was planned in response to some of the questions posed by visitors to the museum, such as "Why did they take part in the war," or "Why didn't they refuse (to go to war)?" The exhibition featured some snapshots, letters from friends who were killed in action, as well as elementary school textbooks of those days approved by the central government, and it aimed to communicate a sense of how the prewar campus eventually came under the influence of militarism and the imperialistic education system.

From June 20 to July 4, 1999

This was a themed exhibition about all of the male and female student corps in Okinawa Prefecture mobilized for the battle. It consisted of panel displays and video eyewitness accounts of the prewar schools, the process of militarization at school, and footprints of each student in the battle. During the exhibition period, the survivors from the student corps participated by turns in sharing their stories about those days.

August 1 to August 15, 2001

This was a special exhibition on the life of Seizen Nakasone, who was one of the teachers who accompanied the Himeyuri Student Corps and later became the first director of the Museum. Out of deep remorse that he did not prevent his students from going to the battlefield, he consistently engaged in pacifist movements after the war. He was also involved in the reestablishment of education in postwar Okinawa, and as a linguist, he accomplished a great achievement by compiling the Dictionary of the Nakijin Dialect. The history of modern Okinawa is now deemed incomplete without telling the life story of Seizen Nakasone. The exhibition aimed to convey the story of his life by featuring video footage and the belongings of Nakasone.

From August 15 to August 30, 2003

The exhibition featured the recollections of the postwar lives of the Himeyuri students who had survived the battlefield. It recounted the survivors' feelings after the end of the war and showed how they, out of a wish that such a tragic event would never be repeated, began to talk about their experiences in the war and set out to work for the foundation of a memorial museum to advocate peace. Displays, original materials, as well as films were used in the exhibition.

From August 1 to September 30, 2005

This exhibition focused on the activities of military surgeons, medical personnel, and nurses. They were on the same battlefield as the Himeyuri Students, and their experiences in the Battle of Okinawa as medical professionals were recounted through testimonies and original materials.

From June 1, 2009, to March 31, 2010

The Okinawa Female Normal School and the Okinawa First Girls' High School (known in Japanese as "Joshi," "Ichikôjo") were the Himeyuri students' old schools. The schools had produced many graduates in their 50-year history and been regarded as pioneers in the introduction of modern education for girls in Okinawa. Founded in the Meiji period, the schools continued to develop throughout their early and later stages. However, they were also affected by the wartime regime and eventually had to bring the curtain down on their history at the time of the Battle of Okinawa. This special exhibition commemorating the museum's 20th anniversary not only reflected on the history of the Himeyuri schools but also surveyed the history of modern education for girls in Okinawa; furthermore, the exhibition offered the former students of "Joshi" and "Ichikôjo" an opportunity to confirm their identity as graduates of the schools.

From April 1, 2010 to December 26, 2010

This was the first traveling exhibition outside Okinawa to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa. Co-sponsored by the Asahi Newspaper Company and the following host museums from each location: Kawara Museum of Takahama City,　a Hometown of Ceramics in Aichi Prefecture; Nagano Prefectural Museum of History in Nagano Prefecture; Yokkaichi Municipal Museum in Mie Prefecture; Mito City Museum in Ibaragi Prefecture; and Osaka Museum for Human Rights (Liberty Osaka) in Osaka Prefecture. The “testifiers,” the survivors from the Himeyuri Student Corps, told their messages for peace in “Peace Lectures,” special lectures held during the period of the exhibition.

From June 23, 2010 to January 3, 2011

The Museum had been working on the creation of animated cartoons about the Himeyuri students so as to make the story of the student corps more accessible to children. For six months between January and June 2008, the museum invited original picture contributions from the public and collected 20 sets, or 191 works, from within and outside Okinawa. These works were put on display in the above-mentioned exhibition.