Lidorkini Museum

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Lidorkini Museum
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The Lidorkini Museum was a museum in Kolonia on the island of Pohnpei, in the Federated States of Micronesia.

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History

The first iteration of the Lidorkini Museum opened in June 1976, under its former name, Ponape Museum. [1] It closed several years later due to two factors: lack of support from the state and an additional challenge in that local communities did not see the museum as relevant to their lives. [2] The museum and its collections also suffered flood damage. By 1988 the collections were moved into storage by Russel Brulotte, to a building owned by the Department of Lands. [3]

The museum re-opened in June 1992. [4] It was established by Pensile Lawrence. [5] [6] In 1994 the museum transferred from the Department of Land of the FSM, to the Department of Education. [7] The curator at this time was Yasuo I. Yamada. [7] The museum was close to the Pohnpei Tax and Revenue Office, the Department of Education and Spanish Wall Park. [8] The museum closed in 2012. [9]

Collection

The museum collection included cultural objects, such as adzes and shell pounders, as well as archaeological artefacts such as pottery sherds and beads from the site of Nan Madol. [10] The collection also included Second World War material, including a Japanese tank, as well as engineering braces from the German Bell Tower. [11]

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  7. 1 2 Yamada, Yasuo (1994). "Lidorkini Museum Transfered" (PDF). Nahlikend en Leng. 1 (3).
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