Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum is a prefectural museum in Yamaguchi, Japan, dedicated to the natural history and history of Yamaguchi Prefecture. It also has displays relating to science, technology, and astronomy.Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Also known as: “Yamaguchi Kenritsu Yamaguchi Hakubutsukan” and “Yamaguchi Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art and Yamaguchi Prefectural Library.
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
Museum
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Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, in Yamaguchi City is the main art gallery of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 1979, the gallery has a permanent collection, part of which is exhibited at any one time, and also hosts special exhibitions. Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art is situated 360 metres southeast of Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum.
Yamaguchi Prefectural Library
Library
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yamaguchi Prefectural Library is situated 340 metres east of Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum.
Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church
Church
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Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church is situated 380 metres south of Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi
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Yamaguchi is the capital of Yamaguchi prefecture, at the western tip of the island of Honshu, Japan. In the city, there is a beautiful Japanese town which flourished as "Kyoto in the West" during the Medieval Period.
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
- Categories: prefectural museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Yamaguchi Shi, Yamaguchi, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.18246° or 34° 10′ 57″ northLongitude
131.47274° or 131° 28′ 22″ eastOpen location code
8Q6H5FJF+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 248187404OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q4707661
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “山口县立山口博物馆”
- Chinese: “山口縣立山口博物館”
- French: “musée préfectoral de Yamaguchi”
- French: “Musée préfectoral de Yamaguchi”
- Fulah: “Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum”
- Japanese: “山口博物館”
- Japanese: “山口県立山口博物館”
- “YPYM”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yamaguchi Prefecture Archeological & Cultural Properties Center and Kameyama.
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