Yokohama Port Opening Museum

About

The Yokohama Archives of History opened on June 2, 1981 on Nihon-odori in Naka Ward, Yokohama, the very stage of the port's opening. Its old wing is the former British Consulate building, erected in 1931 and used until 1972, and the museum collects and exhibits the history of Yokohama from the late Edo opening of the port through the Showa era in documents, newspapers, ukiyo-e prints, photographs and maps. The tamakusu tree in the courtyard, depicted in a lithograph from Commodore Perry's arrival, revived after the disasters of 1866 and 1923 and became a symbol of the port city. Following refurbishment works begun in fiscal 2021, new exhibition rooms opened in spring 2026, with the exterior and interior restored to their original colors identified through research, so that the building itself now reads as an exhibit. It is open 9:30-17:00 and closed on Mondays.