How to Enjoy the Fukuoka City Museum #2 Check out the statues standing in front of the museum.

These statues are the first exhibits you see when you come to the museum.
With the height of about 12.3 feet, these sure are eye catching.
Despite that, not many people really know how great these are.

These sculptures were created by Antoine Bourdelle, a French sculptor. Mr. Bourdelle was an assistant of Rodan, who is famous for his artwork called The Thinker. We purchased these sculptures from Musee Bourdelle in Paris.
When you face the museum, you’ll see female statues to your right and male statues to your left.

Eloquence
He looks intelligent. With whom is he debating? He is holding a scroll.

Force
He is in such good shape. I think I saw him in Gladiator, the movie.

Victory
She looks serious holding a sword, and brave like Jeanne d'Arc!

Liberty
She looks less serious than the other statues. As her name liberty implies, her fashion has a rustic beauty to it.

These sculptures have a certain value. You can touch them and take photos with them. Not so many museums make it possible for visitors to touch and photograph the valuable sculptures!

Please pay close attention to these sculptures when you come to the museum!

Posted by Takamura (Press Officer)