National Museum of Ethnology
Suita, Japan
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
- Opening hours
- Th-Tu 10:00-17:00; We off; Dec 28-Jan 04 off
- Admission
- Ticketed
- Wheelchair access
- Accessible
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The National Museum of Ethnology, located in Suita, Osaka Prefecture within the Expo Commemoration Park on the former grounds of Expo '70, is Japan's largest ethnographic museum and its premier research institute for humanities and social sciences. Designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1974, the museum stands as a major institutional landmark dedicated to the study and exhibition of world cultures and ethnographic material.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- ethnographic museum, national museum
- Place
- Suita, Japan
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