Kobe City Museum

神戸市立博物館

Port-city history in a 1935 bank building

Hours

9:30am-5:30pm, to 8pm Fri-Sat. Closed Mondays (next day if a holiday) and over New Year

Tickets

Ground floor free / permanent exhibition adults ¥300, university ¥150, high school and under free. Special exhibitions extra

Address

24 Kyomachi, Chuo-ku

The stone building in the middle of the old foreign settlement went up in 1935 as a bank. It now holds maps, objects and art from the years Kobe opened up as a port. The permanent exhibition on the ground floor is free, so it is an easy drop-in. Special exhibitions cost extra and change often. It is also a good place to duck into when the weather turns during a settlement walk.