National Museum of Ethnology (Japan)
国立民族学博物館 | |
National Museum of Ethnology | |
| Established | 1977 |
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| Location | Suita, Osaka |
| Coordinates | 34°48′46.30″N 135°31′46.86″E / 34.8128611°N 135.5296833°E |
| Founder | Umesao Tadao |
| Director | Kenji Yoshida |
| Public transit access | Bampaku-kinen-kōen Station (Osaka Monorail) |
| Website | www |
The National Museum of Ethnology (国立民族学博物館, Kokuritsu Minzoku-gaku Hakubutsukan), also known as the Minpaku (民博), is the largest ethnographic museum in Japan. It is Japan's largest research institute in the academic disciplines of humanities and social sciences. It is located within the Expo Commemoration Park, which is on the former grounds of Expo '70, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture.