岡山市立オリエント美術館 | |
 Okayama Orient Museum | |
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| Established | 1979 |
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| Location | 9-31 Tenjin-chō, Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°39′59″N 133°55′48″E / 34.66639°N 133.93000°E |
| Owner | Okayama City |
| Website |
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Okayama Orient Museum (岡山市立オリエント美術館, Okayama Shiritsu Oriento Bijutsukan) is a museum of Ancient Near Eastern, Roman provincial, Byzantine, Sassanian, and Islamic Art in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2007 there were some 4,852 items, including a winged Assyrian relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Mesopotamia, acquired to mark the institution's 25th anniversary. [1]
The museum was founded to house the collection of Shinjiro Yasuhiro, who acquired thousands of objects with the advice of academics from the University of Tokyo. [2]
The museum building has two floors of exhibition galleries to showcase the collection. It was constructed in 1979 by the city of Okayama from a prize-winning design by Okada Architect & Associates. [3]
See also
References
- ^ "Museum Information" (in Japanese). Okayama City. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "With Oriental Museum of Art" (in Japanese). Okayama City. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ 受賞歴 1981 岡山市オリエント美術館 [Awards 1981 Okayama Orient Museum] (in Japanese). Okada Architect & Associates. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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岡山市立オリエント美術館 | |
|
Okayama Orient Museum | |
|
| |
| Established | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Location | 9-31 Tenjin-chō, Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°39′59″N 133°55′48″E / 34.66639°N 133.93000°E |
| Owner | Okayama City |
| Website |
www |
Okayama Orient Museum (岡山市立オリエント美術館, Okayama Shiritsu Oriento Bijutsukan) is a museum of Ancient Near Eastern, Roman provincial, Byzantine, Sassanian, and Islamic Art in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2007 there were some 4,852 items, including a winged Assyrian relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Mesopotamia, acquired to mark the institution's 25th anniversary. [1]
The museum was founded to house the collection of Shinjiro Yasuhiro, who acquired thousands of objects with the advice of academics from the University of Tokyo. [2]
The museum building has two floors of exhibition galleries to showcase the collection. It was constructed in 1979 by the city of Okayama from a prize-winning design by Okada Architect & Associates. [3]
See also
References
- ^ "Museum Information" (in Japanese). Okayama City. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "With Oriental Museum of Art" (in Japanese). Okayama City. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ 受賞歴 1981 岡山市オリエント美術館 [Awards 1981 Okayama Orient Museum] (in Japanese). Okada Architect & Associates. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
External links
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| National | |
| Academics | |
| Artists | |
| People |
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