Abashiri City Historical Museum

Abashiri City Folk Museum opened as Kitami Kyōdo Yakata in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1936, making it one of the oldest museums on the island. When the museum opened, the collection comprised some three-thousand archaeological and ethnographic objects collected by Yonemura Yoshio, including items from the .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Also known as: “Abashiri City Folk Museum”
  • Address: 3, 一丁目, 網走市, 北海道 093-0041

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Katsuragaoka Park and Abashiri Municipal Museum of Art.

Park
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Museum
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Abashiri City Museum of Art is a registered museum that opened in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1972, as the second art museum, and the first such to be purpose-built, on the island. is situated 210 metres northwest of Abashiri City Historical Museum.

Railway station
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is a train station in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, . is situated 370 metres east of Abashiri City Historical Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abashiri.

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is a city located in , , . is known as the site of the , a Meiji-era facility used for the incarceration of political prisoners.

Abashiri City Historical Museum

Latitude
44.01775° or 44° 1′ 4″ north
Longitude
144.26886° or 144° 16′ 8″ east
Operator
網走市教育委員会
Open location code
8RP62799+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 410789179
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q11607220
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In Other Languages

From Fulah to Thai—“Abashiri City Historical Museum” goes by many names.
  • Fulah: “Abashiri City Folk Museum”
  • Japanese: “あばしりしりつきょうどはくぶつかん”
  • Japanese: “網走市立郷土博物館”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์พื้นบ้านนครอาบาชิริ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 網走市立網走小学校 and Abashiri central hospita.

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