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Itokoku History Museum

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Itokoku History Museum
Itokoku History Museum. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Itokoku History Museum (Ito-koku Rekishi Hakubutsukan) opened in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 2004. It supersedes the former Ito Historical Museum, which opened in July 1987. With a focus on cultural properties excavated from the area, the museum's collection numbers some 19,500 objects. The display includes an assemblage of Yayoi-period artefacts excavated from the Hirabaru burial site that has been designated a National Treasure.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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