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Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum 平山郁夫シルクロード美術館

Archaeology museum in Yamanashi , Japan.

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Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum — 平山郁夫シルクロード美術館
Photo: くろふね · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

About this museum

The Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum is a museum named after the painter and collector Ikuo Hirayama located in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan. The museum opened in 2004. It is one of the few and significant museums about the Silk Road to be located outside of China. Many of the objects of the collection were exhibited in China in 2018–2019.

LocationHokuto, Yamanashi (北杜市 山梨県)
Coordinates35.87937, 138.35942 · Open in Google Maps
Nearest stationKai-Koizumi Station ( km)
TypeArt museum
Established2004
Official websitehttps://www.silkroad-museum.jp/

Planning a visit? Admission, opening hours and current exhibitions are announced on the museum's official website — please check there before you go.

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