National Museum of Ethnology

The National Museum of Ethnology (国立民族学博物館 Kokuritsu Minzoku-gaku Hakubutsukan) is one of the major museums in Japan. It is Japan’s largest research institute in the academic disciplines of humanities and social sciences, which was established in 1974 and opened to the public in 1977. It is built on the former grounds of Expo ’70 in Suita, Osaka. The founding collection is known as the Attic Collection, and is an early 20th-century ethnological collection of mainly Japanese materials, including some early finds of Jōmon archaeological artifacts (in the Morse Collection). Further collections were brought together for the opening in 1977 and collecting activities have continued since.

The main focus of collection has been film, still images, sound recordings, and objects representing diverse aspects of everyday life, from farming to food, urban life, folk crafts, and religion. Permanent galleries for all large regions of the world display only part of the full collection.

国立民族学博物館(大阪) National Museum of Ethnology(Osaka) / jetalone

WebSite:

Name : National Museum of Ethnology

Category : Culture/History

Website : http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/

TEL : 06-6876-2151

Area : Osaka (Kansai)

Address : 10-1 Senri-Banpakukoen Suita-shi 565-8511
〒565-8511 大阪府吹田市千里万博公園10-1
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