About MINPAKU

Director’s Greeting

History

The National Museum of Ethnology, known as Minpaku, was founded in 1974 and opened to the public in November 1977. Its goals are to conduct cultural anthropological and ethnological research and to increase awareness and understanding of societies and cultures around the world based on that research.

• Crowdfunding report [in Japanese]
• 30th Anniversary of the National Museum of Ethnology
• A Thirty-Year History of the National Museum of Ethnology

Organization

Information disclosure

Principles

Location

National Museum of Ethnology
10-1 Senri Expo Park, Suita, Osaka 565-8511, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)6-6876-2151

• Map
• Access to Minpaku

Building designed by Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates