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Mithila Museum ミティラー美術館
Museum in Japan.
About this museum
Mithila Museum is a cultural heritage art museum in Japan. It was created by the Maithil artist Karpuri Devi from the Mithila region. It is located at Tokamachi hills in the Nigata region of Japan. It is housed in a converted schoolhouse in Tokamachi. It was established by Tokio Hasegawa in the year 1982. He was a lover of the Madhubani art and painting. The museum exhibits around two thousand Madhubani paintings having different themes and styles. In the year 2008, it became a treasure house of 15,000 exquisite Madhubani paintings.
| Location | Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata (十日町市 新潟県) |
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| Coordinates | 37.10942, 138.80436 · Open in Google Maps |
| Nearest station | Akakura Signal Base (2.0 km) |
| Type | Art museum |
| Opened | 1982 |
| Official website | http://www.mithila-museum.com/ |
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