Contemporary exhibition spaces are moving beyond information delivery toward narrative environments that interpret local history and meaning through experience. Local memorial museums form regional identity by presenting history, figures, events, ever...
Contemporary exhibition spaces are moving beyond information delivery toward narrative environments that interpret local history and meaning through experience. Local memorial museums form regional identity by presenting history, figures, events, everyday culture, and collective memory. However, some rely on displays and texts, showing limits in transforming placeness and memory into visitor experience. This study proposes strategies that convert place memory and everyday culture into visitors’ narrative experiences. Previous studies on storytelling, exhibition design, locality, and placeness were reviewed. The Hyangchon-dong Reminiscence Museum, the Kansong Art Museum exhibition, and the China Yangzhou Grand Canal Museum were analyzed based on narrative structure, spatial composition, visitor experience, exhibition identity, and expandability. Expert FGI examined the validity and applicability of the analysis results and strategies. The findings show that storytelling in local memorial museums is not a simple combination of elements. Rather, it is strengthened when place memory is set as the narrative starting point and connected with circulation, scene production, sensory media, and participation. Accordingly, this study proposes four strategies: structuring local narratives, narrativizing spatial hierarchy and circulation, strengthening multimedia and experiential elements, and building regional identity and expansion platforms.