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Saitobaru Archaeological Museum

Miyazaki · Saito · Museums

Japanese name: 西都原考古博物館

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Saitobaru Archaeological Museum
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WHAT TO DOSaitobaru Archaeological Museum

Buried underground so as not to disturb the mounds, and unusual in letting visitors handle some of the finds.

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Miyazaki · Saito

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Buried underground so as not to disturb the mounds, and unusual in letting visitors handle some of the finds.

About this place

The Miyazaki Prefectural Saitobaru Archaeological Museum is a public archaeology museum at Saitobaru-nishi, Miyake, Saito, Miyazaki Prefecture. Beside the Saitobaru Burial Mounds, a National Special Historic Site, it mainly exhibits on that group of mounds and holds events on archaeological sites and archaeology within Miyazaki Prefecture. The Saitobaru Burial Mounds, spread over the Saitobaru plateau in central Miyazaki Prefecture, are a huge group of 319 mounds, including the imperial-tomb reference sites Osafuzuka Kofun and Mesafuzuka Kofun.

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Key facts

Founded / opened:2004 Highlights / collection:Exhibition room buried underground, Exhibit where excavated items can be handled Genre:Antique art and Buddhist art, Architecture

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