Kushiro City Museum

Kushiro City Museum (釧路市立博物館, Kushiro Shiritsu Hakubutsukan) is a registered museum in Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan.^[2] The Museum's predecessor institution, the Kushiro City Folk Museum (釧路市立郷土博物館), began as an exhibition room at the offices of the local water board in 1936, before moving to a department store, then from 1949 to the relocated former Kushiro City Police Station.^[1] Upon completion of the new, dedicated museum building in 1983, the museum was renamed the Kushiro City Museum.^[1] The displays centre around the geology, flora and fauna, and history of the area, with exhibits including the fossil jaw from which the Kushiro tapir [ja] (Plesiocolopirus kushiroensis) was described as well as Jōmon, Satsumon, and Ainu materials.^[3][4]

Kushiro City Museum
釧路市立博物館
General information
Address	1-7 Shunkodai
Town or city	Kushiro, Hokkaidō
Country	Japan
Coordinates	42°58′29″N 144°24′13″E
Opened	3 November 1983[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Mozuna Kikō [ja][1]
Website
Official website

See also

• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hokkaidō)
• Hokkaido Museum
• Moshiriya Chashi