Tsuruga Municipal Museum, City museum in Tsuruga, Japan

The Tsuruga Municipal Museum is a city museum housed in a former bank building, displaying artifacts and documents related to regional maritime history. The exhibition spans multiple floors and focuses on trade connections and the evolution of the port.

The building was completed in 1927 as the head office of the Owada Bank, designed with a reinforced concrete structure, three floors above ground and one below, and one of the first elevators in the Hokuriku region. It survived the air raids on Tsuruga in 1945. In 1978 it became the Tsuruga City History and Folklore Museum, was renamed Tsuruga Municipal Museum in 1993, and was restored from 2012 to 2015.

The museum displays objects showing how the port connected the city to trade networks across Korea and China over centuries. Visitors can see how these maritime links shaped the local identity and way of life.

The museum is about 25 minutes on foot from Tsuruga Station, or one minute from the "Dashi Kaikan" stop on the Matsubara community bus line and the "Hakubutsukan-dori" stop on the Gurutto Tsuruga sightseeing loop bus. The building stands on Museum Street, near the Dashi Kaikan and the red-brick warehouses of the old port area.

The museum documents how Tsuruga port served as a refuge for Polish and Jewish refugees during World War II. This lesser-known chapter of the city's past is brought to life through exhibits and archival materials.