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1925
Shozen Nakayama, the second Shinbashira of Tenrikyo, proposes the idea
of collecting materials for a museum at the first entrance ceremony of
Tenri School of Foreign Languages (presently Tenri University).
1930
Chinese ethnographical materials collected by the second Shinbashira are
displayed from April 25 to 27 at Tenri Middle School (presently Tenri
High School) and, on April 28, the Overseas Reference Materials Room is
opened in a classroom on the fourth floor of Tenri School of Foreign Languages.
That marked the beginning of this museum.
1934
The Overseas Reference Materials Room moves to three rooms on the third
floor of Tenri School of Foreign Languages. A traditional Korean house,
dismantled and brought to Japan, was reassembled and named "Korean
Reference Materials Pavilion."
1938
The Overseas Reference Materials Room moves to the East Precincts Workshop
(located on the site of the present East Center Wing of the Oyasato-yakata
building-complex) and is renamed Overseas Reference Materials Hall. Its
first publication, Catalogue of Reference Materials Concerning Manchurian
and Chinese Customs, is published.
1943
The Overseas Reference Materials Hall becomes affiliated to the Tenrikyo
Institute for the Research of Asian Cultures.
The navy appropriates the building that houses the collection, forcing
the Overseas Reference Materials Hall to relocate to Tenri Kyokan. The
Korean Reference Materials Pavilion is dismantled.
1944
The navy appropriates Tenri Kyokan, whereupon the collection is moved
to the Corridor of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters and Tenri Central Library.
The office is temporarily moved to Tenri Central Library.
1946
With the disbanding of the navy, the collection and office return to the
East Precincts Workshop. Archaeological artifacts as well as items related
to Hawaii and the Incas, which had been kept at Tenri Central Library,
are transferred to the Overseas Reference Materials Hall.
1948
The first issue of Tenri Sankokan Sosho is published.
1949
The museum's affiliation is transferred from the Tenri Institute for Cultural
Research (formerly Tenrikyo Institute for the Research of Asian Cultures)
to Tenrikyo Church Headquarters.
1950
The museum becomes affiliated to Tenri University and is renamed Tenri
University Sankokan Museum. The collection is exhibited at Tenri University's
Kansuyama Hall. This marks the beginning of the museum's permanent exhibition.
1955
The museum is moved to East Left Wing 3 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex,
and a provisional exhibition is held.
1956
In commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Oyasama, the museum's permanent
exhibition is opened to the public. The Ministry of Education officially
recognizes Tenri University Sankokan Museum as "a museum-equivalent
institution."
1962
Tenri Gallery is opened on the 9th floor of Tokyo Tenri Kyokan Building.
1967
The first of a series of guidebooks to the museum's collection is published.
1971
Furu Site Excavation Research Team, which includes members of the museum
staff, is organized.
1976
Tenrikyo Furu Site Excavation Research Team is organized, and Tenri Sankokan
Museum's Branch Office is established.
1981
Tenrikyo Furu Site Excavation Research Team is renamed Tenrikyo Team for
the Research of Archaeological Artifacts.
1987
The "Friends of the Museum" circle is organized, and public
lectures called "Sankokan Talks" are begun. Special rooms for
feature exhibitions are set aside, and the museum's first feature exhibition,
entitled "Yellow River Civilization in the Han Dynasty," is
held.
1988
The first issue of Tenri Sankokanpo, the museum's annual bulletin,
is published.
1997
Plans are made to construct South Right Wing 1 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex
to house Tenri University Sankokan Museum. The ground-breaking ceremony
is conducted.
2000
The construction of South Right Wing 1 is completed.
2001
The museum is opened in South Right Wing 1.
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