Ryukyu University Museum (Fūjukan) | |
Native Name: | 琉球大学博物館(風樹館) |
Address: | 1 Senbaru |
Location Town: | Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture |
Location Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 26.2503°N 127.7647°W |
Map Type: | Japan Okinawa Prefecture |
Relief: | 1 |
Opened Date: | April 2015 |
is a university museum affiliated with the University of the Ryukyus in Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.[1] Of the collection of 160,000 items, which includes zoological type specimens and cultural artefacts such as the remains of the sundial from Shuri Castle and examples of warazan, some fifteen hundred are included in the permanent exhibition.[2]
The original Fūjukan was donated to the university in 1967, while it was still located on the former Shuri campus. In 1983, with the relocation of the University to the Senbaru campus, planning began for a new specimen repository. Construction of the new facility was completed in March 1985 and, after the transfer in of the collection, the new Fūjukan opened in September of the same year. In 2015, the Fūjukan was elevated to the status of University Museum.[3]