Fukuoka City Museum

Opened for the public in 1990, on 18th October City Museum of Fukuoka gives an insight into the progress and development of Fukuoka city. Located in the Momochihama district of Fukuoka city, this museum is a two-storied building. The 1st floor of the museum is mostly occupied with facilities like storage rooms, offices and a machinery room only for staff. Most of the rooms open to the public like exhibition rooms and the Asian Experience rooms are located on the 2nd floor.

Permanent Exhibition Rooms and Special Exhibition Rooms of the City Museum of Fukuoka are generally used for displaying collections. The Permanent Exhibition Rooms of the museum are divided into a comprehensive one and classified ones. Historical Collection, the Kuroda Memorial Room and the cultural artifacts of the city including arts and crafts, archaeology and folk art all comprise the Permanent Exhibition Rooms.

City Museum of Fukuoka also held special exhibitions that are held generally in the Special Exhibition Room located on the 2nd floor of the museum. In addition to the exhibitions organized by this museum, many visiting exhibitions on history and culture organized by various sponsors are also shown in this room on a limited-time basis.

The chief highlight of this museum is the Kim – In (Gold Seal) that was received by the King of Japan from the Chinese Emperor during the Han Dynasty.

For the common public City Museum opens daily for 8 hours, that is from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm. In the months of July and August the opening hours are from 9.30 am to 7.30 pm. The entrance fee at Fukuoka City museum for general is Y200while for students it is Y150 and for elementary students admission is free.

Address: -1 Momochihama 3 chome
Sawara-ku
Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
814-0001

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