Nara National Museum
art museum in Nara, Japan
The Nara National Museum (奈良国立博物館, Nara-kokuritsu-hakubutsukan) or NNM[1] is one of the major art museums in Japan.[2] It is in Nara, which was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784.
| 奈良国立博物館 | |
 Original Museum Building | |
| Established | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Location | Nara, Japan |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | http://www.narahaku.go.jp/ |
The museum has art works and archaeological objects of Japan. In the collection, there is an emphasis on Buddhist art from the Nara area.[3]
History
changeNMN was established in 1889 as the Imperial Nara Museum (帝国奈良博物館). The museum held its first exhibition in 1895.[4]
The Museum was renamed the Imperial Household Museum of Nara.[4]
It has been known by its present name since 1952.[4]
Related pages
change- Kyoto National Museum (KNM)
- Kyushu National Museum
- National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT)
- National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO)
- National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK)
- National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT)
- National Museum of Western Art (NMWA)
- Tokyo National Museum (TNM)
- List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan
- List of national museums
References
change- ↑ NNM is an English acronym. NNM stands for "Nara National Museum".
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Nara kokuritsu hakubutsukan" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 699.
- ↑ IAI National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. (2007). Outline, p. 2 [PDF/p. 5 of 44]. Retrieved 2012-2-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Nara National Museum (NNM), About. Retrieved 2012-2-7.
Other websites
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