Yokkaichi Pollution and Environmental Museum for Future Awareness
[Creating better environment for future generations]
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, severe environmental pollution caused many citizens to suffer from pollution-related diseases in Yokkaichi City. The Yokkaichi Pollution and Environmental Museum for Future Awareness was established with the following objectives: ! to pass on the city's history of pollution and lessons from history to future generations, ! to develop the city while making continuous efforts to improve the environment and pursue both economic growth and environmental conservation simultaneously, and ! to communicate knowledge and environmental technologies obtained from such efforts to people in Japan and around the world.
[Admission Fee]
Free * Admission fees may be required for special/feature exhibits. The amount of admission fee depends on the exhibit.
[Access]
3-min. walk heading west from Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station
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Information
- Postal Code
- 510-0075
- Address
- 1-3-16 Yasujima, Yokkaichi City 510-0075, Japan Yokkaichi Municipal Museum 2F
- Tel
- 059-354-8065
- Businesshours
- 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (last entrance 4:30 p.m.)
- Holiday
- Mondays (the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday); year-end and New Year holidays; and other temporary closing days
- Website
- http://www.city.yokkaichi.mie.jp/yokkaichikougai-kankyoumiraikan/index.html