Yokohama City Furusato History Foundation

The Yokohama City Furusato History Foundation (公益財団法人横浜市ふるさと歴史財団) is a public-interest incorporated foundation established on 30 September 1992 with capital contributed by the City of Yokohama. Its stated purpose is to collect, preserve, research and study domestic and international materials and cultural properties that aid understanding of Yokohama's history, and to share the results with the public through exhibitions, reading services and publications, thereby contributing to the development of civic culture. It is headquartered inside the Yokohama City History Museum at 1-18-1 Nakagawa Chuo, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and reports basic capital of 100 million yen. The foundation's origins lie in two strands of municipal work: the Yokohama City History Compilation Project begun in 1954 for the centenary of the port's opening, which produced the Yokohama Opening Port Museum (1981) and its management body, and the Kohoku New Town archaeological excavation team formed in 1970 as residential development advanced. In 1992 the foundation was created to prepare the history museum and to manage existing facilities including the Sannodai Archaeological Museum, the Hasshoden Local History Museum and the Buried Cultural Properties Centre. The Yokohama City History Museum opened in 1995, the foundation merged with the Yokohama Opening Port Museum promotion association in 1998, and in 2003 it took on management of the Yokohama Urban Development Memorial Hall and the Yokohama Eurasian Culture Museum. Under Japan's designated manager system introduced after the 2003 revision of the Local Autonomy Act, the foundation has since fiscal 2006 been designated manager of five facilities: the Yokohama City History Museum, Yokohama Opening Port Museum, Yokohama Urban Development Memorial Hall, Yokohama Eurasian Culture Museum and Yokohama Sannodai Archaeological Museum. It also manages the Yokohama Buried Cultural Properties Centre and historic sites on commission from the city, and from fiscal 2007 has been entrusted with the preservation and utilisation of Yokohama city history materials. On 1 June 2011 it was certified as a public-interest incorporated foundation by the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture and began operating under its current name. Today the foundation functions as a cultural-heritage platform brand for Yokohama, coordinating exhibitions, lectures, publications, digital projects and public events across its museums. Its programming spans urban formation, citizens' daily life, Yokohama culture and Eurasian cultural exchange, as well as archaeology from the prehistoric and ancient periods of the Ooka River basin. Recent activities include the Showa 100 digital stamp rally across five facilities, special exhibitions on medieval documents and Heian Buddhist sculpture, and crowdfunding to reprint a popular museum catalogue.

The Yokohama City Furusato History Foundation was established on 30 September 1992 as a foundation (財団法人) with capital contributed by the City of Yokohama, with basic capital of 100 million yen. Its creation was closely tied to two municipal undertakings: the compilation of Yokohama's city history and archaeological excavation work. In 1954, marking the centenary of the opening of the port, the city began the Yokohama City History Compilation Project (Phase 1), actively surveying historical materials and cultural properties. Phase 1 covered the period up to the recovery from the Great Kanto Earthquake in the early Showa era. To make the accumulated materials public, the Yokohama Opening Port Museum opened in 1981, and the Yokohama Opening Port Museum Promotion Association was established as its management body. Separately, in 1970, as construction of Kohoku New Town gathered pace, the Kohoku New Town Buried Cultural Properties Investigation Team was formed and began excavations. Surveys of local folklore and old houses in the area were also conducted. As research progressed, citizen demand grew for an archaeological museum and a history museum, and it was decided to integrate the two and aim for the opening of a history museum. In September 1992 the foundation was launched to prepare for the opening of the history museum and to manage existing facilities: the Yokohama Sannodai Archaeological Museum, the Yokohama City Hasshoden Local History Museum, and the Yokohama Buried Cultural Properties Centre (reorganised from the Kohoku New Town investigation team). The Yokohama City History Museum opened in 1995. In 1998 the foundation merged with the Yokohama Opening Port Museum Promotion Association. In March 2003 it took on the management of the newly opened Yokohama Urban Development Memorial Hall and Yokohama Eurasian Culture Museum. With the revision of the Local Autonomy Act in 2003, the designated manager system was introduced. The five facilities — Yokohama City History Museum, Yokohama Opening Port Museum, Yokohama Urban Development Memorial Hall, Yokohama Eurasian Culture Museum and Yokohama Sannodai Archaeological Museum — became subject to the system, and from fiscal 2006 the foundation was designated as their manager. From fiscal 2007 it also accepted entrustment of the Yokohama city history materials preservation and utilisation operation. The foundation was certified as a public-interest incorporated foundation by the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture and, from 1 June 2011, began a new chapter as the Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Yokohama City Furusato History Foundation. It continues to manage the five designated facilities, the Yokohama Buried Cultural Properties Centre, historic sites such as the Otsuka-Saikachido site, and the Yokohama City History Materials Room, while running exhibitions, lectures, publications and digital projects that connect Yokohama's past with its citizens and visitors.

• 2011

  Certified as a public-interest incorporated foundation; new name from 1 June.

• 2007

  Entrusted with Yokohama city history materials preservation and utilisation operation.

• 2006

  Designated manager of five facilities from fiscal 2006.

• 2003

  Takes on management of Yokohama Urban Development Memorial Hall and Yokohama Eurasian Culture Museum; designated manager system introduced.

• 1998

  Merges with the Yokohama Opening Port Museum Promotion Association.

• 1995

  Yokohama City History Museum opens.

• 1992

  Foundation established on 30 September to prepare the history museum and manage existing facilities.

• 1981

  Yokohama Opening Port Museum opens; Yokohama Opening Port Museum Promotion Association established.

• 1970

  Kohoku New Town Buried Cultural Properties Investigation Team formed as development advances.

• 1954

  City begins Yokohama City History Compilation Project (Phase 1) for the port's centenary.

A city-backed public-interest foundation and designated manager that serves as the coordinating platform for Yokohama's history museums, archaeology and cultural heritage.

• Yokohama City History Museum

• Yokohama Opening Port Museum

• Yokohama Urban Development Memorial Hall

• Yokohama Eurasian Culture Museum

• Yokohama Sannodai Archaeological Museum

• Yokohama City Hasshoden Local History Museum

• Yokohama Buried Cultural Properties Centre

• Yokohama City History Materials Room

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