:Asuka Historical Museum

The Asuka Historical Museum primarily preserves and exhibits materials from the 6th to 8th centuries, specifically from the Asuka period (538–710) of Japanese history. Its collection also includes materials from the late Kofun period (250–538) and Nara period (710–794).{{cite web|url=http://www.nabunken.go.jp/english/asuka.html |title=Asuka Historical Museum |date=2011 |publisher=Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties |location=Nara, Nara Prefecture |accessdate=2012-05-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211021525/http://www.nabunken.go.jp/english/asuka.html |archivedate=2012-12-11 }} Unlike other regional museums which house well-known materials from the early periods of Japanese history, Asuka Historical Museum exhibits materials from recent, local excavations.{{cite web | url = http://www.asuka-park.go.jp/asuka_en/institution/bunka.html | title = Asuka Historical National Government Park | date = c. 2012 | publisher = Asuka Historical National Government Park | location = Asuka, Nara Prefecture | accessdate = 2012-05-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205413/http://www.asuka-park.go.jp/asuka_en/institution/bunka.html | archive-date = 2016-03-03 | url-status = dead }} The Asuka Historical Museum is a repository of materials excavated by the Department of Imperial Palace Sites Investigations of the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. Its collections center on materials from the Asuka, Fujiwara, and Heijō palaces.

The Asuka Historical Museum houses regular exhibits in two halls. Exhibit Hall 1 focuses on materials associated with the Asuka Palace and the Soga clan, along with Asuka-dera, Kawara-dera, and the Takamatsuzuka and Kitora tumuli. Exhibit Hall 2 features excavated materials from the Yamada-dera cloister, which was built by Soga no Kurayamada no Ishikawamaro (d. 649), a grandson of Soga no Umako (551?– 626).{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) |title=Soga no Kurayamada no Ishikawamaro |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate=2012-05-29 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archivedate=August 25, 2007 }} The gardens of the museum house reproductions of large-scale rock carvings and statues from the Asuka period. Special exhibits are held in the spring and fall, and the museum has a small library.

The museum facility is a concrete structure built in the sukiya-zukuri Japanese residential architectural style. The museum, along with other institutes and historical sites related to the Asuka period, is included in the {{Convert|60|ha|acre}} of the Asuka Historical National Government Park.{{cite web | url = http://www.asuka-park.go.jp/asuka_en/institution/index.html | title = Facilities, Asuka Historical National Government Park | date = c. 2012 | publisher = Asuka Historical National Government Park | location = Asuka, Nara Prefecture | accessdate = 2012-05-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130105112103/http://www.asuka-park.go.jp/asuka_en/institution/index.html | archive-date = 2013-01-05 | url-status = dead }}

Like other units of the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, the Asuka Historical Museum publishes exhibition catalogs and technical reports on museum research. The museum has published the monographic series {{Nihongo|Asuka Shiryōkan Zuroku|飛鳥資料館図錄||}} since 1973, prior to the official opening of the museum.{{cite book | last = Nara Kokuritsu Bunkazai Kenkyūjo, Asuka Shiryōkan | title = Asuka Shiryōkan zuroku (飛鳥資料館図錄) | publisher = Nara Kokuritsu Bunkazai Kenkyūjo, Asuka Shiryōkan | date = 1973 | location = Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan | language = Japanese | oclc = 499759890}}

The Asuka Historical Museum is accessible by bus from numerous train stations:

• Kashiharajingū-mae Station on Kintetsu Kashihara Line, Minami Osaka Line and Yoshino Lines
• Asuka Station on the Yoshino Line
• Nara Sakurai Station on JR-West Man-yō Mahoroba Line and Kintetsu Osaka Line
• Yamato-Yagi Station on the Osaka Line{{cite web | url = http://www.nabunken.go.jp/asuka/access/index.html | title = Kōtsū Annai | date = 2011 | publisher = Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties | location = Nara, Nara Prefecture | language = Japanese |trans-title=Transportation Guide | accessdate = 2012-05-29}}

• Asuka period
• Asuka, Yamato
• Asuka-Fujiwara
• Fujiwara-kyō
• Heijō
• Asuka Historical National Government Park

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140814181017/http://www.nabunken.go.jp/asuka/pdf/asuka-leaf-en.pdf Asuka Historical Museum]
• [http://www.nabunken.go.jp/asuka/index.html 飛鳥資料館]{{in lang|ja}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130105112103/http://www.asuka-park.go.jp/asuka_en/institution/index.html Asuka Historical National Government Park]

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