EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM & PRACTICE IN JAPAN

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	Under the Museum Law enacted in 1951, a ‘museum’ is defined as an institution whose objective is to collect materials related to history, art, folklore, industry and natural science, to preserve and to display them, and then to make them available to the public for educational use so that the museums can contribute to local culture, research and recreation of the local community, and also to provide opportunities for research on collected materials. Under the law, public museums are those established by prefectures or municipalities while private museums are those established by corporations defined under Article 34 of the Civil Law including religious corporations. Specialists assigned to museums are curators.