The Yamagata Prefectural Museum

The Yamagata Prefecture Museum is a prefecture museum in Yamagata, Japan, dedicated to natural history and the history of Yamagata Prefecture.The museum opened in Kaig Park in 1971.The main building is a comprehensive museum covering seven categories: geology, plants, animals, archeology, history, folk art and education.Representative exhibits of this museum include the national treasure "Goddess Jomon" and the natural monument of the prefecture "Yamagata Daikaigu".