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Okayama Orient Museum
岡山市立オリエント美術館Okayama
Museum
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Okayama Orient Museum is a municipal art museum in Kita-ku, Okayama, focused on ancient Near Eastern art. It opened in 1979 after a donation of 1,947 ancient Oriental works and is the only public museum in Japan specializing in this field.
The founding collection was assembled with advice from University of Tokyo scholars, so the holdings follow a systematic academic plan. They also cover Roman provincial, Byzantine, Sasanian and Islamic art. In 2004 the museum bought a winged Assyrian relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud to mark its 25th anniversary. Okada Shin'ichi's office designed the building, which has won architectural awards. Gallery talks, hands-on workshops and gallery concerts are held alongside the displays.
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Visit Duration
75 minutes
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