National Crafts Museum
The National Crafts Museum is a museum of Japanese crafts in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It forms part of the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art. It is now housed in two Western-style buildings of the Meiji period that have themselves been relocated from elsewhere in Kanazawa, reassembled, and restored, the 1898 Old 9th Division Command Headquarters and 1909 Old Army Generals Club.
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The National Crafts Museum is a museum of Japanese crafts in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It forms part of the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art. It is now housed in two Western-style buildings of the Meiji period that have themselves been relocated from elsewhere in Kanazawa, reassembled, and restored, the 1898 Old 9th Division Command Headquarters and 1909 Old Army Generals Club.
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The museum's collection comprises some 4,000 works by craftsmen from all over Japan, including works by holders and preservers of Important Intangible Cultural Properties, often referred to as "Living National Treasures", and members of the Japan Art Academy.
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• Name — National Crafts Museum • Native Name — 国立工芸館 • Address — 3-2 Dewa-machi • Location Town — Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture • Location Country — Japan • Opened Date — 25 October 2020 • Website — https: www.momat.go.jp/english/cg/
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The circumstances in which National Crafts Museum stands. Recorded at coordinates 36.5592, 136.6618. Recorded as craft museum. Museum lies within Kanazawa. Situated in Japan.
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