Hokkaido University Museum

Information

Hokkaido University began in 1876 as the Sapporo Agricultural College to train youths for the colonization and development of Hokkaido. Dr. William S. Clark was invited from the United States by the Japanese Government to teach there for a year. His bust on the campus of the Agriculture Faculty of the University on which are inscribed his final parting words, “Boys, be ambitious!”
Hokkaido University Museum is open to the public to show the university's research achievements. Over 4,000,000 specimens including the skeletal preparations of a Desmostylus are exhibited.

Opening Hours

9:30 - 16:30 (April - October)
10:00 - 16:00 (November - May)

Closed

Mondays (or the following day when it falls on a national holiday)
December 28 - January 4
The day of school events

Price / Entrance Fee

Admission Free

Access / Public Transport

10 minutes walk from JR Sapporo Station

Address / Location

8, Kita10-jonishi, Kita-ku Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, 060-0810

Tweets

딜아 @eunhaejuseyo - 2018-11-06: 181105 #eunhae lovestagram in Sapporo Factory, Japan
#Donghae #Eunhyuk

♥Hokkaido University, Sapporo
♥Sapporo Clo… https://t.co/MlOcsWLX9e
딜아 @eunhaejuseyo - 2018-11-06: 181105 #eunhae lovestagram in Sapporo Factory, Japan
#Donghae #Eunhyuk

♥Hokkaido University, Sapporo
♥Sapporo Clo… https://t.co/MlOcsWLX9e
딜아🍒 @eunhaejuseyo - 2018-11-06: 181105 #eunhae lovestagram in Sapporo Factory, Japan
#Donghae #Eunhyuk

♥Hokkaido University, Sapporo
♥Sapporo Clo… https://t.co/MlOcsWLX9e
akari(eurus) @sachi_ameno - 2018-10-05: The Hokkaido University Museum https://t.co/ZzNUhiY4Mc
akari(eurus) @sachi_ameno - 2018-10-05: The Hokkaido University Museum https://t.co/ZzNUhiY4Mc
akari(eurus) @sachi_ameno - 2018-10-05: The Hokkaido University Museum https://t.co/ZzNUhiY4Mc
Hokkaido University @HokkaidoUni - 2018-10-02: Another #TuesdayTrivia coming your way! The Hokkaido University Museum’s collection is large and diverse. From this… https://t.co/BSNhxc9azO
EURAXESS Japan @euraxess_japan - 2018-09-06: Assistant Professor in the Hokkaido University Museum https://t.co/P3H2Gp7NFg
Hokkaido University @HokkaidoUni - 2018-08-30: The #Nipponosaurus 🦖 has arrived at the Hokkaido University #Museum! Perhaps we will be seeing it soon in an exhibi… https://t.co/Vn8RUTbrHE
(-_-)zzz @SogaEiko - 2018-08-25: Finally got to see some film archives of Fog Observation and Penguins at Hokkaido University Museum. https://t.co/XTWjLqbsSb
Eiko Soga @SogaEiko - 2018-08-25: Finally got to see some film archives of Fog Observation and Penguins at Hokkaido University Museum. https://t.co/XTWjLqbsSb
Hokkaido University @HokkaidoUni - 2018-08-24: Announcing six new open #jobpositions at Hokkaido Uni; 4 in the Research Faculty of #Agriculture, and one each in t… https://t.co/gdgzajAMwf
Hokkaido University @HokkaidoUni - 2018-08-02: The Hokkaido University #Museum is planning a traditional Japanese instrument #nightconcert. 🎵 Aug 10 (Fri.) from 6… https://t.co/Yz17V7Uqmj
ISSJ @issj_org - 2018-07-30: 【Day 1 Campus Tour】
Students learn more about Hokkaido University on a private tour of the museum on campus. Althou… https://t.co/bgcQd5ma66
橘省吾 | Shogo Tachibana @ShogoCitrus - 2018-07-03: A mantle xenolith cream puff at the Hokkaido University Museum! https://t.co/SQ8ig5a0QW
Maksym Golubyev @carabbaass - 2018-06-28: Toyoji Hikita (1882-1974) - Composition of Different Types of Starfish, around 1920-30. The Hokkaido University Mus… https://t.co/nSK1I8ptR3
Hokkaido University @HokkaidoUni - 2018-05-24: Some of the gorgeous and shiny crystals currently on display at the Hokkaido University Museum. #bismuth #crystal https://t.co/V2Xf4cbSYa
Hokkaido University @HokkaidoUni - 2018-05-11: The Hokkaido University #Museum is putting on a special #exhibition for Nitobe Inazo's plant specimens until May 31… https://t.co/NiM70TPAJB
Hokkaido University @HokkaidoUni - 2018-04-16: Check out the new #museumshop which recently pre-opened! The official renewal opening will be on April 28th. 📸: The… https://t.co/d4lh4H3CmO
Hokkaido University @HokkaidoUni - 2018-04-10: The Hokkaido University Museum has more than 4 million specimens and documents spanning the university’s history. I… https://t.co/QeD3Ib49wF
@jsakamoto @jsakamoto - 2018-02-17: Hokkaido University Museum https://t.co/JrMOFuq0BW
Svenja (^-^) @Shinsetsuna2 - 2018-02-11: Today I was lazy and only went to the Hokkaido University and the museum...
Last day in… https://t.co/hgkSCd1rM9
Jehiko @EvgenyPodolskiy - 2018-02-10: Noticed today at Hokkaido University museum: https://t.co/vum1epLljR
hokkaido_en @hokkaido_en - 2017-12-06: 'Creating possibilities of the museum by developing Farm No. 2 × Art'
https://t.co/jGsJ1oSzdz
Farm No. 2 and the ex… https://t.co/YwF2kRyrmE
荒木悠 | YU ARAKI @youarelucky85 - 2017-12-06: THE HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY MUSEUM https://t.co/YF7UYCphMD
Golden Kamuy Central 12/2 Sapporo Dome @KamuyCentral - 2017-11-21: The majestic animal was declared extinct in Hokkaido in 1889, although sightings were reported in Sakhalin & Kuril… https://t.co/h5xI655P0X
たかはる (Haruka T.) @takhsiru - 2017-10-23: I was in a museum in Hokkaido University and saw the then-recently awarded nobel peace price for invention of the b… https://t.co/RxjSp4bwdP
Miwa Nakayama @geo_Miwarow - 2017-10-07: Geologic stratum parfait was sooo delicious😋 stone chocolate and cream that looks like core or mantle🌏 At Hokkaido… https://t.co/RCtJwyKJWB
月子(Tsukiko)🌛🌸♐🐲🎌 @mooncosmos - 2017-10-04: 'Stratum parfait' at cafe of Hokkaido University General Museum.Japan. https://t.co/EmA6pyWBcW
札幌国際芸術祭 @SIAF_info - 2017-09-19: [venues closed today (Tue., Sep.19)]
Kinichikan/HUG/Hokkaido University Museum/Shiryokan/Miyanomori Int. Museum/Mig… https://t.co/2lMiPzbjZl