National Ainu Museum

The National Ainu Museum (国立アイヌ民族博物館, Kokuritsu Ainu Minzoku Hakubutsukan) is a museum currently under development in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan, that is scheduled to open in April 2020. It will serve as one of the three main facilities of Upopoy (meaning "singing in a large group"), alongside the National Ainu Park, and a memorial site on high ground on the east side of Lake Poroto (ポロト湖) where Ainu services will be held.[1][2]

National Ainu Museum
国立アイヌ民族博物館
Lake Poroto, overlooked by the new museum
General information
Address2-3-4 Wakakusa-chō
Town or cityShiraoi, Hokkaidō
CountryJapan
Coordinates42°33′41″N 141°22′01″E
Opened24 April 2020 (scheduled)
Website
Official website

Exhibits will be displayed according to six principal themes: the Ainu language, Ainu history, Ainu views of the world, Ainu livelihoods (hunting, gathering, fishing, farming), Ainu lifestyles (food, clothing, shelters, music, dance), and Ainu trade and exchange with surrounding peoples, including projected "multicultural coexistence" in the Japan of the future.[1]

The museum's mission is "to promote a proper understanding and awareness of Ainu history and culture in Japan and elsewhere out of respect for the dignity of the indigenous Ainu people, while contributing to the creation and development of new aspects of Ainu culture".[1]

The new National Museum supersedes and replaces the former Ainu Museum, which closed on 31 March 2018 to make way for the new museum.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Upopoy" (PDF). The Foundation for Ainu Culture. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. 国立アイヌ民族博物館 [Ainu National Museum] (PDF) (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. "Ainu Museum". Ainu Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2019.



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