The founding collection is known as the Attic Collection, and is an early 20th-century ethnological collection of mainly Japanese materials, including some early finds of Jōmon archaeological artifacts (in the Morse Collection). Further collections were brought together for the opening in 1977 and collecting activities have continued since.
The founding collection is known as the Attic Collection, and it is an early 20th-century ethnological collection of mainly Japanese materials, including some initial Jōmon archaeological artifacts (in the Morse Collection). Additional collections were assembled for the opening in 1977, and collecting activities have continued since.