Kyushu National Museum
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The Kyushu National Museum (九州国立博物館 Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan?) opened on October 16, 2005 in Dazaifu near Fukuoka. A striking wood and glass building in the hills, it hosts important collections of Japanese artifacts, particulary ceramics, related to the history of Kyūshū. It is the most recent of the national museums of Japan.
It hosts temporary exhibitions on the third floor, while the permanent collections are on the fourth floor. The collections cover the history of Kyūshū from prehistory to the Meiji era with particular emphasis on the rich history of cultural exchange between Kyūshū and neighboring China and Korea.
