Sakai City Museum, Osaka

Name: Sakai City Museum
Address: Sakai-shi, Sakai-ku, Mozusekiunchō, ２丁 大仙公園内, Osaka, 〒590-0802, Japan
Telephone: +81 72-245-6201

#52 among attractions in Osaka

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Sakai City Museum is located within Daisen Park, in Sakai-ku, Sakai City, in Osaka Prefecture. The exhibition hall of approx. 1,330 square meters is divided up into areas for ancient times, the middle ages, early modern, and modern times. The museum was opened in 1980, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Sakai’s municipalization. The present director of the museum is Ken'ichi Sudo. Susumu Nakanishi was a former director of the museum. ()

Local name: 堺市博物館 Coordinates: 34°33'31"N, 135°29'2"E

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Sakai-shi, Sakai-ku, Mozusekiunchō, ２丁大仙公園内Osaka 〒590-0802 Japan

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+81 72-245-6201

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