Tōhoku History Museum

Tōhoku History Museum (東北歴史博物館) is a museum that is in Tagajō, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The museum acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits a collection which focuses on the tangible heritage and the intangible heritage of Tōhoku. The museum holds archaeological objects from excavations in the region. The treasures of the museum include Jōmon period jade from Tagajō and Niisato in Iwate Prefecture. History The museum opened in the year 1999. Related pages Tōhoku region References Other websites Media related to Tohoku History Museum at Wikimedia Commons Tōhoku History Museum website (in Japanese) http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/bunkazai/tagajo/tagajyou98.htmlArchived 2012-07-15 at the Wayback Machine