prologue
Museums are a place to learn, a place to make new encounters, and a place to experience something different. The exhibits and spaces are brimming with the thoughts and personalities of the people who created them, giving you a special feeling like you have gained something just by being there. These are pleasant destinations for a half-day weekend getaway. This feature will take a look at these Profound Museums of Sapporo.
2023/02/22
大人の社会見学① おいしい水の秘密を探りに。―札幌市水道記念館
This slightly mysterious museum focuses on infrastructure related to our daily lives. The first volume of this series introduces a museum on waterworks, which are essential for life.
2023/02/22
大人の社会見学② 足元に広がる秘密を探りに。―札幌市下水道科学館
This is the second installment of our fascinating infrastructure-themed museums. This time we will look at a museum dedicated to sewerage systems, which are indispensable in our everyday lives.
2023/03/01
This private museum was created to collect analog video equipment with a certain tangible feel in the age of digital technology.
2023/03/08
展示方法も企画もオリジナリティを貫く ―HOKUBU記念絵画館
The HOKUBU Memorial Picture Museum, tucked away in a residential area, always holds unique exhibitions, and the first exhibition of 2023 is "The Wonderful World of Legs". Let’s take a look at who is setting up this exhibition.
2023/03/15
A museum that tells the history of Makomanai, Sapporo along with the history of the Self-Defense Forces is located at Camp Makomanai of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
2023/03/22
没後40年、寺山修司の無名時代に会いに行く —さっぽろ寺山修司資料館
It has been 40 years since Terayama Shuji – who was active in many fields, including haiku, tanka, poetry, novels and plays, and also as a theater company leader, film direction, lyricist and horseracing critic – passed away at the young age of 47. A museum of his activities is located in Sapporo.
2023/03/29
充実の資料で学生が運営する、本格的な大学博物館 ―札幌国際大学博物館
Some universities in Sapporo have their own museums or exhibition halls. Most of them serve as facilities for practical training for curatorial qualifications and for the study and research of buried cultural properties excavated and collected by the university, and can be visited by the general public. The first in our tour of university museums is the Sapporo International University Museum.
2023/04/05
次の100年へつなぐ、地域の記憶装置となる ―札幌大学埋蔵文化財展示室
The second stop on our tour of university museums is the Sapporo University Exhibition Hall of Archaeological Properties. This spring, it will be relocated and renovated, becoming the Exhibition Hall of Historical and Cultural Properties.
2023/04/12
札幌の巨大遺跡・北海道大学を掘る ―北海道大学埋蔵文化財調査センター
The last stop on our tour of university museums is the Hokkaido University Archaeological Research Center. The Hokkaido University campus can almost be said to be an archaeological site itself. There are very few such examples in the whole of Japan.
2023/04/19
明治から大正、昭和。日々の暮らしの楽しみを知る―旧黒岩家住宅（旧簾舞通行屋）
In 1872, a year after the completion of the Honganji Road leading from Sapporo to Usu via Jozankei, a tsukoya was built in Misumai, for travelers passing through.
2023/04/26
もう一つのミュージアムの楽しみ方～ディープなミュージアムグッズを求めて～
We would like to add ‘museum goods’ as an enjoyable part of our tour around the museums. Here’s an invitation from a museum-goods enthusiast to learn more about the unique goods available.
2023/05/03
