Professor Hiromi Obata (Obata Laboratory) of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kumamoto University, has opened (open to the public) the Digital Museum to make the first half of his research, "Digging for Earthenware: Technology Development Research for the Construction and Social Implementation of Archaeological Materials Science in the 22nd Century" (Research Project Area No. 20A102), a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (A), FY2020 - 2024 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, for which he is the project leader. The Digital Museum was opened to the public in order to share the results of the first half of the two-and-a-half-year research project (20A102) with the general public, researchers, and people around the world.

Digital Museum “Digging for Earthenware” opened by a team led by Professor Hiroki Obata of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kumamoto University.