Yamato Museum

Yamato Museum

Established	2005
Location	5-20 Takara-machi, Kure, Hiroshima
Website	yamato.kure-city.jp

1/10-scale model of the battleship Yamato

Type 95 torpedo display at Yamato Museum

The Yamato Museum is a nickname of the Kure Maritime Museum in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.

History

The museum opened on April 23, 2005. It is nicknamed the Yamato Museum due to the display in the lobby of the large model ship Yamato, a 1/10 scale model of the battleship Yamato (see image at right).

Museum

Exhibition rooms

• Yamato Hiroba – 1/10 scale of the Japanese battleship Yamato
• History of Kure – as the shipbuilding, port city and the chinjyufu
• Large Objects Exhibition Room
• Shipbuilding Technology
• Future Prospects

Other rooms

• Experiment work room
• Library
• The citizens gallery
• Meeting rooms

Fourth floor view terrace

The museum has an observation terrace on the 4th floor of the building, where people can stand to view the area.

Museum shop Yamato

The museum contains a gift shop.

Outside

• Brick park
• Lawn plaza
• Yamato Wharf

Access

• JR Kure Station
• Kure City bus "Youmetown Yamato Museum-mae" bus stop
• Kure Port

See also

• Kure Naval Arsenal
• Kure Naval District
• Yamato (film)

References

• Museum website: Yamato Museum (English).

External links

• Media related to Yamato Museum at Wikimedia Commons
• Yamato Museum (homepage, in English)
• Recreated battleship bridge on display at Yamato Museum - Asahi Shimbun, July 27 2013

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