Ainu Museum

The Ainu Museum , also known as Porotokotan, is a former museum in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. The facility began its existence in 1976 as the Shiraoi Foundation for the Preservation of Ainu Culture. In 1984 this was extended to include the Ainu Folk Museum. In 1990 it reopened under the auspices of The Ainu Museum Foundation. The collection included some five thousand folk materials relating to the Ainu and a further approximately two hundred objects relating to minority groups of the north, including the Nivkh, Uilta, Sami, and Inuit. The institution was also involved in the recording and transmission of Ainu-related intangible cultural heritage. The museum closed to make way for the new National Ainu Museum on 31 March 2018.

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The Ainu Museum
defunct museum, Ainu museum, Japan, 

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Location: 42.5614, 141.3669, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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AinuKotan

AinuPloma

AinuMagatzem

AinuOrtiga

Ainus in their traditional clothing

Dried salmon in Ainu museum サッチェプ(干し鮭) Sacchep

Ainu-Lodgings(Ainu Museum, Shiraoi)

Ainu woman

Self-identified Ainu man performing a traditional Ainu dance at the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, Japan - a facility run by the Ainu themselves

Ainu phrasebook WV

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		AinuKotan		Commons
commons	image		AinuPloma		Commons
commons	image		AinuMagatzem		Commons
commons	image		AinuOrtiga		Commons
commons	image		Ainus in their traditional clothing		Commons
commons	image		Dried salmon in Ainu museum サッチェプ(干し鮭) Sacchep		Commons
commons	image		Ainu-Lodgings(Ainu Museum, Shiraoi)		Commons
commons	image		Ainu woman		Commons
commons	image		Self-identified Ainu man performing a traditional Ainu dance at the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, Japan - a facility run by the Ainu themselves		Commons
commons	image		Ainu phrasebook WV		Commons