Hokkaido University General Museum

The Hokkaido University Museum opened in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1999. The collection comprises some four million materials, including thirteen thousand type specimens, amassed by Hokkaido University in the hundred and fifty years since the foundation in of its predecessor, the Sapporo Agricultural College, in 1876.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Also known as: “Hokkaido University Museum” and “The Hokkaido University Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hokkaido Ishikari Subprefectual Bureau and Sapporo Station.

Hokkaido Ishikari Subprefectual Bureau

Government office

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Ishikari Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, located in the western part of the island. The subprefecture covers 3,539.86 square kilometres and on July 31, 2023 had a population of 2,379,802. Hokkaido Ishikari Subprefectual Bureau is situated 1 km south of Hokkaido University General Museum.

Sapporo Station

Railway station

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Sapporo Station is a major railway station in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is served by Hakodate Main Line and other lines of Hokkaido Railway Company, and is also connected to the Subway Sapporo Station. Sapporo Station is situated 1 km southeast of Hokkaido University General Museum.

Sōen Station

Railway station

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Sōen Station is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company. The station is numbered S02. Sōen Station is situated 1 km west of Hokkaido University General Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Higashi-ku and Kita-ku.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

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Higashi-ku is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is directly translated as "east ward", and is neighboured to Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Shiroishi-ku, Ebetsu, Tōbetsu.

Kita-ku

Suburb

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Kita-ku is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas.

Nishi

Suburb

Nishi is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, with some areas of farmland and forested mountainous terrain mostly near its western and southern edges. Nishi is situated 3½ km west of Hokkaido University General Museum.

Hokkaido University General Museum

Categories: university museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Central Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

43.0726° or 43° 4′ 21″ north

Longitude

141.34184° or 141° 20′ 31″ east

Levels

Roof shape

flat

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

北海道大学

Open location code

8RM338FR+2P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 192083649

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q18339280

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Hokkaido University General Museum” goes by many names.

Chinese: “北海道大學綜合博物館”
Fulah: “Hokkaido University Museum”
Japanese: “北海道大学総合博物館”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Faculty of Science Lawn and Display of academic books published by faculty members.

Nearby Places

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