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Toyota City Museum

Toyota City Museum opened in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 2024. The museum supersedes and replaces the former Toyota City Museum of Local History, which opened in 1967 and closed in 2022. Located next to Toyota Municipal Museum of Art in the grounds of the former Shichishū Castle, the museum was designed by architect Shigeru Ban, Peter Walker designing the gardens of both museums. The collection and permanent…

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2024

Toyota, Toyota, Japan

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