Tenri University Sankōkan Museum
Tenri University Sankōkan Museum is a museum in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
History
The museum first opened in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan, in 1930. Initially called the Overseas Reference Materials Room, it was renamed the Overseas Reference Materials Hall in 1938, taking its present name in 1950 when it came to be affiliated with Tenri University. The museum reopened in a new building in 2001.
Collection
The museum's collection of over 280,000 objects includes ethnographic and archaeological material from Japan and the rest of the world, as well as transport-related artefacts. An offshoot, the Tenri Gallery, opened in the Tokyo Tenri Building in Chiyoda, Tokyo in 1962. There are also exhibits on the history of Tenrikyo, including historical overseas missionary activities.