National Museum of Ethnology

Local name국립민족학박물관
LocationSuita, Japan

The National Museum of Ethnology 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. 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.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ethnology_(Japan)

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

Phone +816 6876 2151

Address 10-1 Senri Expo Park, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Coordinates 34°48'46.966" N 135°31'47.244" E

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