Lake Biwa Museum

2010- Toru SHINOHARA The Lake Biwa Museum (琵琶湖博物館, Biwako Hakubutsukan) is in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

A full-scale replica of Maruko-bune, a traditional wooden sailing boat of the Lake Biwa, is on the exposition in the museum.

[1] It is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA),[2] the aquarium is accredited as a Registered Museum by the Museum Act from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

[3] The purpose of the museum To build a better coexistence between the lake and humans by deepening our comprehensive understanding of Lake Biwa (Article 1 of the Ordinance Concerning the Establishment and Management of the Lake Biwa Museum, Shiga Prefecture).

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Entrance of LBM
The tunnel tank has a capacity of approximately 500,000 litres (132,000 US gal) of water and was newly constructed in 2016.
In Gallery C, an actual private house (the Tomie family) relocated from Hikone City is on display, faithfully reproducing the way of life around 1964, including electrical appliances and household goods.