The Tōhoku History Museum (東北歴史博物館, Tōhoku Rekishi Hakubutsukan) is a museum in Tagajō, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It houses finds from excavations at the site of Tagajō as well as from other archaeological sites in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.[1] These include a Jōmon period jade axe excavated in Kizukuri, Aomori Prefecture, and designated an Important Cultural Property;[2][3] and another Jōmon jade, excavated in Niisato, Iwate Prefecture, also designated an Important Cultural Property.[4][5] | ||||||
Location: 1-21-1 Takasaki, Tagajō-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan | ||||||
Opened: 9 October 1999 (1999-10-09) | ||||||