To provide a multi-purpose container of which the commodity value is improved by adding other applications to the application for housing various kinds of articles.

This multi-purpose container comprises a container body 1 and a lid 2 which is fitted in the upper end section of the opening of the container body 1 to close it. The multi-purpose container is equipped with a container 100 which is constituted in such a manner that when the lid 2 is fitted in the container body, the lid and the external surface of the container body may become flush. The container body 1 has a cylindrical section 3 for fitting in which the lid is fitted on the upper end section side. The multi-purpose container is constituted in such a manner that when the lid is fitted in the cylindrical section 3, the lid is closed by forming a gap 4 which circles around the outer peripheral surface of the central section of the container 100. A world map 17 shown in Figure 5 in which the container 100 is considered as the earth, and a circumferential line 4a formed of the gap 4 on the external surface of the container is considered as to the equator is displayed by printing or the like, and the container is constituted so as to be utilized as a globe as well.