Kyushu National Museum

Kyushu National Museum

九州国立博物館
Established	October 16, 2005
Location	Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan
Type	Art museum
Website	http://www.kyuhaku.com

The Kyushu National Museum (九州国立博物館, Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) is one of the major museums in Japan.^[1] It is in Dazaifu in Fukuoka Prefecture.

The museum acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits a collection of art works and archaeological objects of Japan and East Asia. In the collection, there is an emphasis on the formation of Japanese culture through exchanges with other Asian countries and Kyushu.^[2]

History

Kyushu National Museum opened in 2005.^[3] The building was designed by Kiyonori Kikutake.^[4]

The museum was the first new national museum in Japan in over 100 years.

In December 2008, the museum was the venue for a trilateral diplomatic meeting between representatives of Japan, China and the Republic of Korea.^[5]

Related pages

• Kyoto National Museum
• Nara National Museum
• National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT)
• National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO)
• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK)
• National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT)
• National Museum of Western Art (NMWA)
• Tokyo National Museum
• List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan
• List of national museums

References

1. Turp, John. (2007). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Japan, p. 237.
2. IAI National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. (2007). Outline, p. 2 [PDF/p. 5 of 44]; retrieved 2012-2-7.
3. Kyushu National Museum, brochure, p. 2 Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-7.
4. Kiyonori Kikutake Architects Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-8.
5. Kyushu National Museum, leaflet, p. 14 Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-7.

Other websites

Media related to Kyushu National Museum at Wikimedia Commons

• Kyushu National Museum website (in English), http://www.kyuhaku.com/pr/ Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine

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