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Museums & Academic Bodies

British

Royal Armouries Leeds Front Page	The Royal Armouries in Leeds houses "the" national collection of arms and armour.
Royal Armouries Leeds Japanese Gallery	A direct link to The Royal Armouries' Japanese Gallery page.
The Wallace Collection London	The WCL contains one of the finest collections of arms and armour in the world.
The British Museum	The British Museum houses one of the finest collections of antiquaties in the world, including European and Japanese arms and armour.
The Victoria and Albert Museum	The V&A Museum houses one of the finest collections of antiquaties in the world, including some European and Japanese arms and armour.
Snowshill Manor	Click here to go to the National Trust's site for Snowshill Manor, which houses the "Wade Collection" of Japanese armour and costume.
Russell-Cotes Museum	Click here to go to the Russell-Cotes museum in Bournemouth which houses another stunning Collection of Japanese arms and armour, and other art.

Overseas

The Oakeshott Institute	The institute created by Ewart Oakeshott, Britains foremost author, collector and teacher of the history of the medieval sword. His books inevitably grace the shelves of anyone interested in European arms and armour. Sadly the institute is based in the USA.
The Stibbert Museum	Probably the finest collection of Japanese arms, armour, costume and art in Europe housed in Florence, Italy. English pages "under construction".
The Kyoto Costume Museum	A collection of Japanese costume with photo's, diagrams and English text.
The Kyoto National Museum	Japanese costume and art with photo's and English text.
Institute of Japanese Culture and Classics	Part of Kokugakuin University in Japan. They specialise in the study of folk lore and the SHINTÔ religion. In the above table is a link to their on-line SHINTÔ glossary.
Bank of Japan's Currency Museum	These pages are part of the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies' Currency Museum, which is part of the Bank of Japan. It contains a series of excellent articles on the history of Japanese Money.
National Museum of Japanese History	An intensively research orientated museum in SAKURA, CHIBA, Japan. Text in English. Houses the finest collection of materials on the subject of Japanese Firearms - "TEPPOU", aka "TANEGASHIMA".
e-Museum	This museum of Japanese textiles, allows their images to be zoomed in so tightly that you can see the individual fibres. NB: Be aware that this site is heavy with images and is therefore slow to load - be patient.

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