opened in Yūsui, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 2000. Located in the foothills of

Mount Kirishima are a 1700 meter high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716 and The Great Snow of 1717, 1717. Augite-h ...

, at an

elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Ver ...

of seven hundred metres above

sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardise ...

, the Museum encompasses an area of 20

hectares The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is a ...

. Works are displayed in the

open air Open air, open-air or openair may refer to: *'' Open Air'', a BBC television program * Open-air cinema or outdoor cinema * Open-air concert, a concert taking place outside *Open-air museum, a distinct type of museum exhibiting its collections out- ...

as well as in the Art Hall.

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Kirishima Open Air Museum
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Kirishima Open Air Museum
Museums in Kagoshima Prefecture Yūsui, Kagoshima Art museums and galleries in Japan Open-air museums in Japan Art museums established in 2000 2000 establishments in Japan {{Japan-museum-stub

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