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A local museum with an open-air village of relocated farmhouses beside it.
About this place
The Kitakami City Museum is a museum next to Michinoku Folk Village in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture. It is a general museum that was authorised as a registered museum in October 1975. Since its opening it has exhibited natural history, geology, and history and folklore under the theme "The Kitakami River and the People Who Lived in Its Basin," and it was renovated in September 2016. Under the title "The History of Kitakami: Beyond the Light," it presents and explains six characteristic historical events of Kitakami. A branch was newly established in the Waga Government Building. It is a registered museum under the Museum Act.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1974 Highlights / collection：Old farmhouses of Michinoku Folklore Village, Materials on Onikenbai Genre：Architecture, Antique art and Buddhist art
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