opened in 1970 on the sannomaru site of Saga Castle in the city of Saga, Japan, in 1970. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.
The museum displays materials relating to the natural history, archaeology, history, art, craft, and folklore of Saga Prefecture. Adjacent is the , which opened in 1983 as part of the centennial celebrations of the establishment of Saga Prefecture. A Tyrannosaurus rex model displayed at the museum, donated from the National Museum of Nature and Science in the 1970s, is said to have inspired the design of the original Godzilla.https://web.archive.org/web/20240822130031/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/special/sci_cul/2020/11/story/112501/
See also Hizen Province Saga Domain List of Historic Sites of Japan (Saga) Prefectural museum
References
External links Saga Prefectural Museum