| Yamato Museum (Kure Maritime Museum) | |
| Native Name: | 大和ミュージアム (呉市海事歴史科学館) |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Map Type: | Japan#Japan Hiroshima Prefecture |
| Coordinates: | 34.2411°N 132.5558°W |
| Founder: | Kure City |
| Director: | Kazushige Todaka (ja) |
| Website: | https://yamato-museum.com/ |
The is the nickname of the in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.
The museum opened on April 23, 2005. It is nicknamed the Yamato Museum due to the display in the lobby of a 1/10 scale model of the battleship Yamato,[1] the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet in World War II. It was sunk south of the Japanese island of Kyushu in 1945. The museum is located where the battleship was completed.
The museum includes an experiment work room, library, citizens' gallery, meeting rooms, and gift shop, and an observation terrace on the 4th floor where people can view the area.
Outside the museum there is a brick park, a lawn plaza, and Yamato Wharf. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Museum, which includes the retired JMSDF Yūshio-class submarine Akishio (SS-579) and a rudder and screw of the Japanese Battleship Mutsu is located next to the Yamato Museum.
The sunken Yamato was surveyed previously, but in May 2015, digital technology was used for the first time. The footage shows many identifiable parts of the wreckage, such as the chrysanthemum crest on the bow, one of the 5m (16feet)-diameter propellers, and a detached main gun turret. The museum plans to show the nine-minute video repeatedly in its theater.[2] [3]
In 2015, the museum announced that it had entered into a sister museum partnership with the USS Missouri Memorial Association in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The agreement commemorates the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.[4]