Kushiro City Museum
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| Kushiro City Museum | |
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釧路市立博物館 | |
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 Interactive map of the Kushiro City Museum area | |
| General information | |
| Location | 1-7 Shunkodai, Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Coordinates | 42°58′29″N 144°24′13″E / 42.974631°N 144.403539°E |
| Opened | 3 November 1983[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Mozuna Kikō[1] |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Kushiro City Museum (Japanese: 釧路市立博物館, Hepburn: Kushiro Shiritsu Hakubutsukan) is a registered museum in Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan.[2] The Museum's predecessor institution, the Kushiro City Folk Museum (釧路市立郷土博物館), began as an exhibition room at the offices of the local water board in 1936, before moving to a department store, then from 1949 to the relocated former Kushiro City Police Station.[1] Upon completion of the new, dedicated museum building in 1983, the museum was renamed the Kushiro City Museum.[1] The displays centre around the geology, flora and fauna, and history of the area, with exhibits including the fossil jaw from which the Kushiro tapir [ja] (Plesiocolopirus kushiroensis) was described as well as Jōmon, Satsumon, and Ainu materials.[3][4]
