What is Kyushu National Museum?
{{Infobox museum | name = Kyushu National Museum | native_name = 九州国立博物館 | native_name_lang = ja | image = Kyushu-national-museum01.jpg | imagesize = 200 | caption = | alt = | map_type = | map_caption = | map_alt = | latitude = | longitude = | coordinates_type = | established = October 16, 2005 | dissolved = | location = [[Dazaifu, Fukuoka]], [[Japan]] | type = [[Art museum]] | collection = | visitors = | director = | president = | curator = | publictransit = | network = | website = http://www.kyuhaku.com }} The {{Nihongo|'''Kyushu National Museum'''|九州国立博物館|Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan}} is one of the major [[museum]]s in Japan.<ref>Turp, John. (2007). [https://books.google.com/books?id=gnCqEjkMJLAC&dq=kyushu+national+museum+dazaifu&pg=PA237 ''DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Japan,'' p. 237].</ref> It is in [[Dazaifu, Fukuoka|Dazaifu]] in [[Fukuoka Prefecture]]. The museum [[wikt:acquire|acquire]]s, [[Conservation (art)|conserves]], [[wikt:research|research]]es, [[wikt:communicate|communicate]]s and [[wikt:exhibit|exhibit]]s a [[wikt:collection|collection]] of art works and archaeological objects of Japan and East Asia. In the collection, there is an emphasis on the formation of Japanese culture through exchanges with other Asian countries and Kyushu.<ref>IAI National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. (2007). [http://www.tnm.jp/jp/organization/pdf/NICH_gaiyou_jpn_eng_2007.pdf Outline, p. 2 <nowiki>[PDF/p. 5 of 44]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-2-7.</ref> ==History== Kyushu National Museum opened in 2005.<ref>Kyushu National Museum, [http://www.kyuhaku.com/pr/pdf/english.pdf brochure, p. 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204062535/http://www.kyuhaku.com/pr/pdf/english.pdf |date=2012-02-04 }}; retrieved 2012-2-7.</ref> The building was designed by [[Kiyonori Kikutake]].<ref>[http://www.kikutake.co