Kobe City Museum

Kobe City Museum; formerly the Kobe branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank (1935)
Equestrian Kings of Europe; Namban byōbu that forms part of the museum collection

Kobe City Museum (神戸市立博物館) opened in Kobe, Japan in 1982. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a municipality.[1]

The museum combines two collections, the Municipal Archaeological Art Museum and Municipal Namban Art Museum. The museum is housed in a neoclassical building built in 1935, the former Kobe branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank. The collection of nearly thirty-nine thousand items comprises archaeological artifacts, works of art, old maps, and historical documents and artifacts relating to Kobe. It includes an important collection of Namban art (the former Hajime Ikenaga Collection), as well as a set of dōtaku and other items of the Yayoi period from excavations at Sakuragaoka that have been designated a National Treasure.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.
  2. ↑ "Kobe City Museum e-guide". Kobe City. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Database of Registered National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 March 2011.

External links

Media related to Kobe City Museum at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 34°41′14″N 135°11′35″E / 34.68722°N 135.19306°E