Kobe City Museum (Kobe Shiites Hakubutsukan) Kobe
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Kobe in Japan had been an international port since years and had been playing a significant role in cultural communication between Japan and overseas countries.
Based on this theme of “International Culture Exchange -Contact between Eastern and Western Cultures and Their Changes by the Interaction”, the Kobe City Museum was constituted and opened to public in 1982.
Previously there were two museums- The Municipal Archaeological Art Museum and the Municipal Namban Art Museum, but later the two were integrated into the Kobe City Museum.
Displays - By focusing on Kobe, cultural exchange between foreign countries and Japan are exhibited in the Kobe City Museum under the following six main themes in chronological manner-
- Cultural exchange with East Asia
Exhibition Rooms 4 & 5 (2F)
- Japan and Other Countries during the Age of Seclusionism
Exhibition Room1 (1F)
- Growth of Regional Culture
Exhibition Room 5 (2F)
- The Hyogo-Tsu Port in the Edo Period Enlightenment and Modernization of Japan
Exhibition Room 3 (1F)
- The Meiji Era exhibits focus on presenting
Exhibition Room 1 (1F)
- Port Opened for Foreign Trade
Exhibition Rooms 1,2 and 3 (1F)
The Kobe City Museum altogether exhibits about 39,000 objects consisting of National Treasure and Cultural assets. Other artifacts and objet'd art includes
- Namban Komo Art Collection
- Archaeological artifacts
- Portrait of St. Francis Xavier, the Jesuit who first introduced Christianity to Japan in 1549.
- Small Map of Japan by Ino
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