The Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo

The Ancient Orient Museum opened in 1978, as the first museum in Japan to specialise in the Ancient Orient. The Museum conducts research on various aspects of the Ancient Orient, and at the same time collects, conserves, and exhibits objects which have historical, artistic, and archaeological value for the public. Our collection at present contains more than five thousand objects from the Near/Middle East, Egypt, and other areas, ranging from the Palaeolithic to Islamic periods, as well as material excavated from Syria.