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The Botanical Garden & Museum at [[Hokkaido University|Hokkaidô University]] is the oldest museum in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]], and the third oldest museum in Japan. Its main exhibition hall is the oldest museum building in the country.
The museum was originally established by the [[Hokkaido Development Commission|Hokkaidô Development Commission]] (''Kaitakushi'') in [[1877]] as the Provisional [[Sapporo]] Museum; its [[1882]] exhibition hall, the oldest museum building in the country, is still standing today. The museum was sold to Hokkaidô University in [[1884]].
The museum originally collected [[Ainu]] artifacts, and today owns some 2,600 Ainu objects, collected in the 1870s-1930s. Since then, the museum has shifted its attention to zoological and archaeological materials, and today has some 60,000 such materials in the collection.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Ainu Treasures," East-West Center Gallery, Feb 2013.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8522640729/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
