Ōita Prefectural Museum of History

{{Short description|History museum in Usa, Japan}}

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The {{nihongo|Ōita Prefectural Museum of History|大分県立歴史博物館|Ōita kenritsu rekishi hakubutsukan}} opened in Usa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan in 1998, replacing the {{nihongo|Usa Fudoki-no-Oka|宇佐風土記の丘|}} of 1981.{{cite web |url=http://rekisihakubutukan-b.oita-ed.jp/genko.html |title=Ōita Prefectural Museum of History |publisher=Ōita Prefectural Museum of History |accessdate=25 January 2012}} It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA671&dq= "Museums"] in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.

The collection is organised around themes including life and ancient Buddhism in Toyo no kuni and the Kunisaki peninsula, and the culture of Usa Hachiman-gū and Fuki-ji.{{cite book |title=Guide Book of Ōita Prefectural Museum of History |publisher=Ōita Prefectural Museum of History |year=2000}}