Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples

Building in Hokkaidō, Japan

43°59′49″N 144°14′23″E / 43.996851°N 144.239709°E / 43.996851; 144.239709Opened10 February 1991WebsiteOfficial website

The Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples (北海道立北方民族博物館, Hokkaidō-ritsu Hoppō Minzoku Hakubutsukan) opened in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1991. Dedicated to the various peoples of the North, across Eurasia and the Americas, the collection includes items relating to the Sámi, Nanai, Nivkhs, and Northwest Coast Indians, as well as the more local Okhotsk culture and Ainu.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ 沿革 [History] (in Japanese). Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^ 北海道立北方民族博物館 [Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples] (in Japanese). Hokkaidō Prefecture. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^ "Welcome to the World of Northern Peoples" (PDF). Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^ Chuner Taksami (2004). Siro Sasaki (ed.). "Культурное наследие нивхов : Этнографические коллекции нивхов в музеях Японии" [Cultural heritage of the Nivkhs: Ethnographic collections of the Nivkhs in museums in Japan] (PDF). 国立民族学博物館調査報告(SER) [SENRI Ethnological Reports] (in Russian) (052). 国立民族学博物館 [National Museum of Ethnology (Japan)]: 37–38, 41, 45–46, 64. Retrieved 20 April 2024.