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1．Abashiri City Folk Museum ・Abashiri, Hokkaidō

Abashiri City Folk Museum (網走市立郷土博物館, Abashiri Shiritsu Kyōdo Hakubutsukan) opened as Kitami Kyōdo Yakata (北見郷土舘) in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1936, making it one of the oldest museums on the island. When the museum opened, the collection comprised some three-thousand archaeological and ethnographic objects collected by Yonemura Yoshio (米村喜男), including items from the Moyoro Shell Mound (モヨロ貝塚) (a national Historic Site). In 1948, the museum was transferred to the city. A new building was added in 1961 to celebrate 25 years from the original opening. Both the main building and the new building were designed by architect Tanoue Yoshiya, a pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright, and mark the transitions in his style. They are national Registered Tangible Cultural Properties.

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2．Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples ・Abashiri, Hokkaidō

The Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples (北海道立北方民族博物館, Hokkaidō-ritsu Hoppō Minzoku Hakubutsukan) opened in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1991. Dedicated to the various peoples of the North, across Eurasia and the Americas, the collection includes items relating to the Sámi, Nanai, Nivkhs, and Northwest Coast Indians, as well as the more local Okhotsk culture and Ainu.[1][2][3][4]

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