What other travelers are saying about Kobe City Museum
Free entry for exhibition of Kobe history. The museum is a beautiful historical building. Close to Kobe station. An excellent place to know the history of Kobe and the opening of Japan to foreigners.
Very useful to gain an insight of how Kobe began as a port and melting pot of foreigners and locals as well as its importance as a major port city. Definitely useful to visit the museum first to have a better appreciation of Chinatown and buildings in the foreign settlement area where this museum is located. The first floor is a must visit showcasing the history of Kobe with nice videos and exhibits of the old and new Kobe streets and buildings and it's free too! The second and third floors are special exhibits. It's a relatively small museum and easy to visit in an hour. Photos below for your preview and do come here first before exploring the rest of the city. 👍
Came today and saw the Ghibli exibition. Great exibition which focused on the designing, planning and building of the Ghibli museum in Tokyo and theme park in Nagoya. I wad particular intrigued by the design and construction process of Howl's moving castle in real scale, seeing the details the team go into to make a structure in the animation into a real building was so inspiring.
We visited the Egyptian mummy exhibit. The museum was beautiful and clean with helpful staff and plenty of audio options for tours. The mummies are from a more recent age including Roman occupation, so they are not as ancient. However, they are in excellent condition, and the CAT scans reveal a lot. Lots of artifacts and interesting stonework is included. Very cool if you like ancient Egypt. The downstairs Kobe history area is also interesting.
