Tenri University Sankōkan Museum

Tenri University Sankōkan Museum (天理大学附属天理参考館, Tenri Daigaku Fuzoku Tenri Sankōkan) first opened in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan, in 1930. Initially the Overseas Reference Materials Room (海外事情参考品室), it was renamed the Overseas Reference Materials Hall (海外事情参考品館) in 1938, taking its present name in 1950 when it came to be affiliated with Tenri University. The Museum reopened in a new building in 2001. The collection of over 280,000 objects includes ethnographic and archaeological material from Japan and the rest of the world, as well as transport-related artefacts. An offshoot, the Tenri Gallery (天理ギャラリー), opened in the Tokyo Tenri Building (東京天理教館) in Chiyoda, Tokyo in 1962.[1][2][3]

Tenri University Sankōkan Museum
天理大学附属天理参考館
General information
Address250 Morimedo
Town or cityTenri, Nara Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates34°35′41″N 135°50′47″E
Opened28 April 1930
Website
Official website

References
  1. 天理大学附属天理参考館 [Tenri University Sankokan Museum] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. "Tenri University Sankokan Museum". Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  3. "Tenri University Sankokan Museum". Tenri University Sankokan Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2015.



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