Both parking and admission are free. Earthenware is on permanent display. Some pieces are quite large, and I think they're valuable. When I visited, there was an exhibition on the Takeda family. The old medical books and anatomical drawings were interesting. The anatomy drawings in particular were very detailed. The anatomical drawings showed bodies with the head cut off, so I imagine the people who were dissected were criminals. It was quiet, so I could take my time looking around.

A small history museum; you can use the parking lot of the park next door for free Admission is free too

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You can casually enjoy the history (of Izumi) from the Paleolithic era onward, for free. Since it was a Sunday, the park next door was bustling with families, but when I visited I had the place to myself—by chance? Coincidence? I'd like to believe so. The photo is an old map from the Edo period, which records in detail the ownership of reservoirs, embankments, roads, boundaries, and so on. Also, the exhibit I personally enjoyed most was the Jomon and Yayoi pottery, which is displayed out in the open rather than in cases, so you can really examine the patterns drawn on the pottery up close. It was an exhibit that let me feel the meticulousness ancient people put into their work.

I was able to see the exhibits for free. It's a facility that conveys the local area's past, and you can see all kinds of excavated items. There's a model of an old village, large haniwa figures, tachi swords, and more, so you can learn about how people lived in the old days. There's also a kids' room, so you can look at the exhibits with your children and let them play before heading home. If there are several adults, you can take turns resting, so I think it's a family-friendly facility.

You can see many cultural properties, centered on historical exhibits handed down in Izumi City and the surrounding area. Go past the front of Momoyama University's main gate and turn right at the end of the road, where there's a parking lot, but I think it's a shared facility for the park and such. However, whenever I come, there's almost never any parking space available. Hasn't it basically become the university's parking lot? 🆖 The history museum is on the left.