| Shimonoseki City Museum of History | |
| Native Name: | 下関市立歴史博物館 |
| Address: | 2-2-27 Chōfukawabata |
| Location Town: | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Location Country: | Japan |
| Map Type: | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Alt: | Location in Japan |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 33.9959°N 130.984°W |
| Opened Date: | 18 November 2016[1] |
is a public museum that opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 2016.
In 1933 the, inspired by the in Kyōto, was completed in the grounds of Kōzan-ji, in reinforced concrete dressed with stone and with a double tile roof reminiscent of the nearby temple hall; the twentieth-century building is now a registered Tangible Cultural Property. This subsequently became the private, then from 1 April 1980, with the donation of both the facilities and the collection, the, before reopening nearby in new buildings in 2016 under its current name.[1] [2]
The collection focuses on the history and folkways of Shimonoseki and its environs,[2] and includes the Kofun period Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property Excavated Artefacts from Shinkōji Kofun,[3] Nara period Important Cultural Property Nagato Province Coin Remains,[4] roof tiles from Nagato Kokubun-ji, the [5] and Ōuchi clan administrative documents known as,[6] both Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties, and materials relating to the Joseon missions to Japan,[7] Tagami Kikusha,[7] Sakamoto Ryōma, Takasugi Shinsaku, the Kiheitai, and the Shimonoseki campaign and Chōshū expeditions.[7]