Two Meiji-period army buildings, moved from elsewhere in Kanazawa, reassembled and restored, house Japan's national collection of modern crafts. The National Crafts Museum, signed as 国立工芸館 (Kokuritsu Kōgei Kan), occupies the Western-style Old 9th Division Command Headquarters of 1898 and the Old Army Generals Club of 1909. It is listed as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.
The collection numbers about 4,000 works by craftsmen from across Japan. It includes pieces by holders of Important Intangible Cultural Properties, often called Living National Treasures, and by members of the Japan Art Academy.
The museum first opened in 1977 in Kitanomaru Park in Tokyo. It moved to Kanazawa in 2020 under a government policy of regional revitalization and is part of the National Museum of Art. It suits visitors interested in Japanese craftsmanship, as well as those drawn to Meiji-era architecture.
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