Hokkaido University Museum

Hokkaido University Museum
北海道大学総合博物館
Interactive map of the Hokkaido University Museum area
General information
LocationKita 10, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Coordinates43°03′37″N 141°19′50″E / 43.060332°N 141.330485°E / 43.060332; 141.330485
OpenedSpring 1999
Website
Official website
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The Hokkaido University Museum (北海道大学総合博物館, Hokkaidō Daigaku Sōgō Hakubutsukan) opened in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1999. The collection comprises some four million materials, including thirteen thousand type specimens, amassed by Hokkaido University in the hundred and fifty years since the foundation in of its predecessor, the Sapporo Agricultural College, in 1876.