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Hirosaki City Museum

Aomori · Hirosaki · Museums

Japanese name: 弘前市立博物館

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Hirosaki City Museum
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WHAT TO DOHirosaki City Museum

A Maekawa building inside the castle park, holding the domain's armour and the lacquerware the domain itself fostered.

WHEREAomori

Tsugaru · Hirosaki

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A Maekawa building inside the castle park, holding the domain's armour and the lacquerware the domain itself fostered.

About this place

Hirosaki City Museum (弘前市立博物館, Hirosaki Shiritsu Hakubutsukan) opened in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan in 1977. It lies within Hirosaki Park, in the former grounds of Hirosaki Castle. As of March 2016, the collection numbered some eighteen thousand items, including an assemblage of artefacts excavated from the Sunazawa Site that have been designated an Important Cultural Property.

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Key facts

Founded / opened:1977 Architect / artist:Kunio Maekawa Highlights / collection:Weapons and armor of the Tsugaru domain, Tsugaru lacquerware Genre:Antique art and Buddhist art, Lacquer art, Architecture

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