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Among the world's largest ethnology museums, arranged region by region without hierarchy - diversity of form as the exhibit.
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The National Museum of Ethnology (国立民族学博物館, Kokuritsu Minzoku-gaku Hakubutsukan), also known as the Minpaku (民博), is the largest ethnographic museum in Japan. It is Japan's largest research institute in the academic disciplines of humanities and social sciences. It is located within the Expo Commemoration Park, which is on the former grounds of Expo '70, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1977 Architect / artist：Kisho Kurokawa Highlights / collection：340,000 ethnographic items of the world, Exhibits by region Genre：Mingei (folk crafts), Crafts and ceramics, Textiles and dyeing, Architecture
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