The Yamato Museum is the nickname of the Kure Maritime Museum 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, the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet in World War II. It was sunk south of the Japanese is…
The Yamato Museum is the nickname of the Kure Maritime Museum 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, 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.
Established: 23 April 2005
Location: 5-20 Takara-machi, Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Founder: Kure City
Director: Kazushige Todaka (ja)
Type: Maritime museum · Military museum · Local history museum
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