The Sand Museum first opened by the Tottori Sand Dunes, Tottori, Japan in 2006, as an open air museum showing sand Sculptures. In 2012 it was reopened as a world’s first indoor exhibition hall for sand sculptures Museum displays sand sculptures and having world’s first
Permanent indoor exhibition space for art. It is Japan’s only open-air museum exhibiting sculptures made of “sand.” sand sculptures are massive and made by artists from around the world.
Sand Sculptures can soar several stories high Exhibitions change annually and last from mid April to early January of the following year with its theme, country or region. In 2015, the theme of the exhibition is Germany. After exhibition period ends, they use the sand for new work for next exhibition. Sand sculptures eventually collapse as the material is sand.
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