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Sand Museum

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Japanese name: 砂の美術館

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WHAT TO DOSand Museum

The only museum in the world devoted to sand sculpture. It is rebuilt to a new theme each year.

WHERETottori

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The only museum in the world devoted to sand sculpture. It is rebuilt to a new theme each year.

About this place

The Tottori Sand Museum (砂の美術館, Suna no Bijutsukan) was opened on November 18, 2006, in Tottori, Japan, close to the Tottori Sand Dunes, displaying sand sculptures in temporary facilities. On April 14, 2012, it reopened as the world's first permanent indoor exhibition space dedicated to sand art, exhibiting works by fifteen international sculptors.

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Founded / opened:2006

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