The Mingei International Museum is an art museum specialized in documenting folk arts from around the world. The museum was established in 1974-1978, when the name was derived from the Japanese language; The word "Mingi" means people's art, and the museum houses more than 17,000 heritage art pieces from more than 140 different countries, and these pieces date back to different periods of time from the third century BC to the twenty-first century.