List of museums in Japan
This is a list of museums in Japan.
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As of October 2018, there were 5,738 museums in Japan. This total comprises, in line with the Museum Act, 914 registered museums, 372 designated museum-equivalent facilities, and 4,452 museum-like facilities.[1]
By region and prefecture[]
Hokkaidō[]
Registered museums[]
As of 1 November 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were forty-five registered museums in Hokkaidō:[2]
- Abashiri City Folk Museum
- Abashiri City Museum of Art
- Abashiri Prison Museum
- Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum
- Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture in Honour of Nakahara Teijirō
- Hakodate City Museum
- Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center
- Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaidō
- Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art
- Hokkaidō Museum of Northern Peoples
- Hokkaidō Obihiro Museum of Art
- Mikasa City Museum
- Mukawa Town Hobetsu Museum
- Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum
- Obihiro Centennial City Museum
- Shiretoko Museum
Designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
As of 10 February 2015, in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-one designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hokkaidō:[2]
- Asahikawa Tondenhei Village Museum
- Chitose Salmon Aquarium
- Historical Village of Hokkaidō
- Hongō Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo
- Nemuro City Museum of History and Nature
- Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe
- Noboribetsu Bear Park
- Obihiro Zoo
- Otaru Aquarium
- Sapporo Maruyama Zoo
- Kanda Nisshō
- Yūbari Coal Mine Museum
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
These include:
- Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum
- Edwin Dun
- Ebetsu City Historical Museum
- Eniwa City Historical Museum
- Esashi Town Historical Museum
- Hakodate City Museum of Literature
- Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples
- Historical Museum of the Saru River
- Hokkaidō Archaeological Operations Center
- Hokkaidō Museum
- Hokkaidō University Botanical Gardens
- Hokkaidō University Museum
- Hokuchin Memorial Museum
- Hokuto City Hometown Museum
- Ishikari City Hamamasu Folk Museum
- Kayano Shigeru Nibutani Ainu Museum
- Kikonai Town Museum
- Matsumae Town Historical Museum
- Miyanomori Art Museum
- National Ainu Museum
- Okhotsk Museum Esashi
- Otaru Music Box Museum
- Rausu Municipal Museum
- Sapporo Beer Museum
- Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center
- Shellfish Museum of Rankoshi
- Shibetsu Salmon Science Museum
- Shinhidaka Ainu Museum
- Takikawa Local History Museum
- Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History
- Wakkanai Karafuto Museum
- Yakumo Town Museum
- Yasushi Inoue Memorial Hall
Former museums[]
Former museums include:
- Ainu Museum
Tōhoku[]
Aomori Prefecture[]
Registered museums[]
As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there were three registered museums in Aomori Prefecture:[3]
- Aomori Prefectural Museum
- Hirosaki City Museum
Designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there was one designated museum-equivalent facility in Aomori Prefecture:[3]
- Aomori Museum of Art
Museum-like facilities[]
As of 31 March 2020, and as listed by the Aomori Prefectural Government, there were eighty-four museum-like facilities in Aomori Prefecture, including:[3]
- Aomori City Forestry Museum
- Aomori Museum of History
- Hakkōda Mountains Incident
- Hirosaki Castle Botanical Gardens
- Hirosaki Castle Museum
- Korekawa Archaeological Institution (Korekawa Jōmon Kan)
- Museum of National Treasures
- Dazai Osamu Memorial Museum
- Misawa Aviation & Science Museum
- Munakata Shikō Memorial Museum of Art
- Sanmaru Museum
- Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art
- Terayama Shūji
- Hirosaki Clan
- Towada Art Center
[]
- Andō Shōeki
- Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse
- Nitobe
- Tachineputa Museum
Former museums[]
- Hachinohe City Museum of Art
Iwate Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Iwate Museum of Art
- Iwate Prefectural Museum
- Miyazawa Kenji
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Hara Kei
- Ishikawa Takuboku
- Mifune Kyūzō
Miyagi Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Aoba Castle Museum
- The Miyagi Museum of Art
- Sendai City Museum
- Tōhoku Gakuin University
- Tōhoku History Museum
- Tōhoku Fukushi University
- Zuigan-ji Treasure Hall Seiryūden
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Botanical Garden of Tōhoku University
- Daigigakoi Shell Mound Museum
- Fujita Kyōhei
- Ishinomori Manga Museum
- Ishinomori Shōtarō
- Kanrantei & Matsushima Museum
- Saitō Garden Museum
- Sannō-Gakoi Site Museum
- Satohama Shell Mound & Historical Museum of Jōmon Village, Oku-Matsushima
- Sendai Astronomical Observatory
- Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum
- Shiogama Jinja Museum
- Tōhoku University
- Toyoma Education Museum
- Zuihōden Museum
Akita Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Akita Museum of Art
- Akita Museum of Modern Art
- Akita Prefectural Museum
- Akita Senshū Museum of Art
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Satake Historical Museum
Yamagata[]
- Abumiya
- Chidō Museum
- Chidōkan (Tsuruoka)
- Dewazakura Museum of Art
- Domon Ken Photography Museum
- Homma Museum of Art
- Kaminoyama Castle
- Matsuoka Kaikonjo
- Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum
- Sakata City Museum of Art
- Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum
- Yamagata Museum of Art
- Yamagata Prefectural Museum
- Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum
Fukushima[]
- Aizuwakamatsu Castle
- Fukushima Museum
- Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
- Iwaki City Archaeological Museum
- Kōriyama City Museum of Art
- Morohashi Museum of Modern Art
- Picture Book Museum, Iwaki City
- Takizawa Honjin
Kantō[]
Ibaraki[]
- Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History
- Science Museum of Map and Survey
- Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki
Tochigi[]
- Bandai Museum
- Honda Collection Hall
- Kurita Museum
- Utsunomiya Museum of Art
- Tochigi Prefectural Museum
- Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
Gunma[]
- Asama Volcano Museum
- Gunma Insect World
- The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
- Okawa Museum of Art
- Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park
Saitama[]
- Hachigata Castle
- John Lennon Museum
- Railway Museum (Saitama)
- Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
- Tokorozawa Aviation Museum
Chiba[]
- Chiba Museum of Science and Industry
- Hoki Museum
- Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art
- Kururi Castle
- National Museum of Japanese History
- Ōtaki Castle (Chiba)
- Sekiyado Castle
- Tateyama Castle
Tokyo[]
Kanagawa[]
- Hakone Open-Air Museum
- Hara Model Railway Museum
- Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama
- Japanese battleship Mikasa
- Kamakura Museum of Literature
- Kamakura Museum of National Treasures
- Kanazawa Bunko
- Museum of Tin Toys
- Nihon Minka-en
- Nissan Engine Museum
- Number Nine Research Laboratory
- NYK Maritime Museum
- Odawara Castle
- Pola Museum of Art
- Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum
- Taro Okamoto Museum of Art
- Toshiba Science Institute
- Yokohama Archives of History
- Yokohama Customs Museum
- Yokohama History Museum
- Yokohama Museum of Art
- Yokohama Port Museum
- Yokohama Science Center
- Yokohama Silk Museum
Chūbu[]
Niigata[]
- Former Niigata Customs House
- Niigata City History Museum
- Niigata Prefectural Museum of History
- Northern Culture Museum
Toyama[]
- Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
- Toyama Castle
Ishikawa[]
- 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
- Ishikawa Aviation Plaza
- Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum
- Ishikawa Prefectural History Museum
- Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
- Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts
- Kanazawa Phonograph Museum
- Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum
- Kanazawa Yuwaku Yumeji-kan Museum
- Murō Saisei Memorial Museum
Fukui[]
- Brief Messages from the Heart Museum
- Fukui Fine Arts Museum
- Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
- Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
- Fukui Prefectural Varve Museum
- Maruoka Castle
- Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum
- Wakasa Mikata Jōmon Museum
Yamanashi[]
- Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts
- Maizuru Castle Park
- Nakamura Keith Haring Collection
- Yamanashi Prefectural Museum
- Yamanashi Science Museum
Nagano[]
- Hijiri Museum
- Japan Ukiyo-e Museum
- Jōkyō Gimin Memorial Museum
- Kaichi School Museum
- Kitano Museum of Art
- Lake Nojiri Naumann Elephant Museum
- Matsumoto Castle
- Matsushiro Literary and Military School
- Saku Children's Science Dome for the Future
- Sunritz Hattori Museum of Arts
- Togariishi Museum of Jōmon Archaeology
Gifu[]
- Cormorant Fishing House
- Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum
- Enkū Museum
- Gifu Castle
- Gifu City Museum of History
- Gifu City Science Museum
- Gifu Prefectural Museum
- Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village
- Hikaru Memorial Hall
- Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
- Nawa Insect Museum
- Ōgaki Castle
- Ōta-juku Nakasendō Museum
- Solar Ark
- Sunomata Castle
Shizuoka[]
- Arai Barrier
- Hamamatsu Castle
- Kakegawa Castle
- MOA Museum of Art
- Sano Art Museum
- Shijimizuka site
- Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
- Toi Gold Museum
- Uehara Museum of Modern Art
- Yokosuka Castle
Former museums[]
- Sakuma Rail Park
Aichi[]
- Aichi Arts Center
- Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum
- Electricity Museum, Nagoya
- Inuyama Castle
- International Design Centre Nagoya
- Iwasaki Castle
- Japan Spinning Top Museum
- Kiyosu Castle
- Koromo Castle
- Little World Museum of Man
- Masamura Pachinko Museum
- Meiji Mura
- Nagoya Castle
- Nagoya City Art Museum
- Nagoya City Museum
- Nagoya City Science Museum
- Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum
- Nagoya Noh Theater
- Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
- Nishio Castle
- Noritake Garden
- Okazaki Castle
- SCMaglev and Railway Park
- Tahara Castle
- Tokugawa Art Museum
- Toyohashi City Museum Art and History
- Toyota Automobile Museum
- Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
- Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
- Yoshida Castle
Kansai[]
Mie[]
- Iga Ueno Castle
- Iga-ryū Ninja Museum
- Natsumi Temple complex
- Saikū
Shiga[]
- Hikone Castle
- Kawara Museum
- Miho Museum
- Minakuchi Castle
- Nagahama Castle
- Sagawa Art Museum
Kyoto[]
- Fukuchiyama Castle
- Kyoto Art Center
- Kyoto City History Museum
- Kyoto International Manga Museum
- Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
- Kyoto Museum for World Peace
- Kyoto National Museum
- National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
- Ōkōchi Sansō
- Ryozen Museum of History
- Sen-oku Hakuko Kan
- The Tale of Genji Museum
- Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum
Osaka[]
- Abeno Harukas Art Museum
- CupNoodles Museum Osaka Ikeda
- Fujita Art Museum
- Itsuō Art Museum
- Kishiwada Castle
- Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi
- Liberty Osaka
- Masaki Art Museum
- Modern Transportation Museum
- Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
- Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
- National Museum of Art, Osaka
- National Museum of Ethnology (Japan)
- Osaka Castle
- Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
- Osaka Contemporary Art Center
- Osaka International Peace Center
- Osaka Maritime Museum
- Osaka Museum of History
- Osaka Museum of Natural History
- Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum
- Osaka Science Museum
- Sakai City Museum
- Yuki Museum of Art
Former museums[]
- Osaka City Museum
Hyōgo[]
- Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum
- Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art
- Kobe Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall
- Kobe City Museum
- Kobe City Museum of Literature
- Kobe Maritime Museum
- Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
Nara[]
Registered museums[]
There are fourteen registered museums:[4]
- Kasuga Taisha Kokuhōden
- Kasuga Taisha Manyō Botanical Garden
- The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
- Nakano Museum of Art
- Neiraku Museum
- Shōhaku Art Museum
Museum-equivalent facilities[]
There are six museum-equivalent facilities:[4]
- Hōryū-ji Daihōzōden
- The Museum Yamato Bunkakan
- Tenri University Sankōkan Museum
Other museums and museum-like facilities[]
- Asuka Historical Museum
- Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City
- Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum
- Nara City Historical Materials Preservation House
- Nara Municipal Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre
- Nara National Museum
- Nara Palace Site Museum
- Nara Prefecture Complex of Man'yo Culture
- Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
- Nara Prefectural Museum of Folklore
- Tomimoto Kenkichi Memorial Museum
Wakayama[]
- Kushimoto Turkish Memorial and Museum
- Wakayama Castle
- Wakayama City Museum
- Wakayama Prefectural Museum
- Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore
Chūgoku[]
Tottori Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Tottori City Historical Museum
- Tottori Folk Crafts Museum
- Tottori Prefectural Museum
- Watanabe Art Museum
- Yonago City Museum of Art
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Exhibition Hall
- Aoyama Gōshō
- - Inoue Yasushi
- Daisen-ji Hōmotsukan Reihōkaku
- Enchō-en Chinese Garden
- Ishitani Residence
- Jinpūkaku
- Kamiyodo Hakuhō-no-Oka Exhibition Hall
- Mizuki Shigeru
- Nishikawa Katsumi
- Saji Astro Park
- Mitokusan Sanbutsu-ji Treasure Hall
- Sand Museum
- San'in Kaigan Geopark Museum of the Earth and Sea
- Shiotani Teikō
- Tottori College Kasuri
- Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum
- Ueda Shōji
Shimane[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Adachi Museum of Art
- Iwami Art Museum
- Izumo Taisha Hōmotsuden
- Shimane Art Museum
- Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo
- Tanabe Art Museum
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Izumo Science Center
- Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
- Matsue Castle
- Nakamura Hajime
- Sesshū Memorial Museum
Okayama[]
- Bizen Traditional Industry Hall, located in Imbe Station
- Okayama Prefecture Bizen Ceramics Museum
- Hayashibara Museum of Art
- Kawasaki Medical School
- Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Ohara Museum of Art
- Okayama Castle
- Okayama Orient Museum
- Okayama Prefectural Museum
- Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
- Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum
- Yumeji Art Museum
Hiroshima Prefecture[]
Registered museums[]
As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-eight registered museums in Hiroshima Prefecture:[5]
- Fukuyama Castle Museum
- Hirayama Ikuo
- Hiroshima Castle
- Hiroshima Children's Museum
- Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
- Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
- Hiroshima City Museum of History and Traditional Crafts
- Hiroshima City Transportation Museum
- Hiroshima Museum of Art
- Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
- Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History
- Hiwa Natural Science Museum
- Itsukushima Jinja Hōmotsukan
- Kōsan-ji Museum
- Onomichi City Museum of Art
- Rai San'yō
- Taishaku Gorge
- Wood One Museum of Art
Designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hiroshima Prefecture:[5]
- Fukuyama City Zoo
- Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park
- Hiroshima University
- Miyajima Public Aquarium
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum
- Hiroshima Botanical Garden
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
- Hon'inbō Shūsaku Igo
- Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
- Japan Coast Guard Museum
- JMSDF Kure Museum
- Nakata Museum
- Okuda Gensō
- Ōkunoshima Poison Gas Museum
- Yamato Museum
Former museums[]
Yamaguchi Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Iwakuni Art Museum
- Iwakuni Chōkokan
- Kikkawa Historical Museum
- Mōri Museum
- Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum
- Shimonoseki City Art Museum
- Shimonoseki City Museum of History
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
Shikoku[]
Tokushima Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- -
- Ōtsuka Museum of Art
- Tokushima Archaeological Museum
- Tokushima Castle Museum
- Tokushima Modern Art Museum
- Tokushima Prefectural Museum
- Torii Ryūzō
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- -
- Awa Odori Kaikan
- Kagawa Toyohiko
- Moraes
- Ōnaruto Bridge
- Sūō
- Tokushima Prefectural Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre
Kagawa Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Chichū Art Museum
- Isamu Noguchi
- The Kagawa Museum
- Kotohira-gū Museum
- Shikoku Mura
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
In addition to the above, the following are member museums of the Kagawa Museum Association (香川県資料館協議会):[6]
- *
- Henro
- Hiraga Gennai
- Sanuki Kokubun-ji Site Museum
- Seto Ōhashi
Other related facilities include:
- George Nakashima
- Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum
- Lee Ufan
- Marugame Castle
- Inokuma Genichirō
- Ozaki Hōsai
- Teshima Art Museum
- Yokoo
- Tsuboi Sakae
Ehime Prefecture[]
Registered museums[]
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eighteen registered museums in Ehime Prefecture:[7]
- Itami Jūzō
- (also referred to as the )
- The Museum of Art, Ehime
- Museum of Ehime History and Culture
- Honkan
- Annex: Iwata Ken Mother and Child Museum, Imabari City
- Annex: Tokoro Museum Ōmishima
- Ōyamazumi Jinja Hōmotsukan
- Shiki Memorial Museum
- Uwajima City Date Museum
Designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ehime Prefecture:[7]
- Hirose
- Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
- Tobe Zoological Park of Ehime Prefecture
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Besshi Copper Mine
- Ehime University
- Itō Toyoo Museum of Architecture, Imabari
- Kaimei School
- Kubota Palm Garden
- Tobe Ware
- Uwajima City Historical Museum
Kōchi Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Ekin Museum
- Former Yamauchi Residence
- Ino Paper Museum
- Kōchi Castle
- Kōchi Castle Museum of History
- Kōchi Literary Museum
- Makino Botanical Garden
- Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum
- Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum
- Tosa Yamauchi Family Treasury and Archives
- Yanase Takashi Memorial Hall
- Yoshii Isamu Memorial Museum
- Zuizan
Kyushu[]
Fukuoka[]
- Fukuoka Art Museum
- Fukuoka City Museum
- Fukuoka Oriental Ceramics Museum
- Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
- Gorōyama kofun
- Idemitsu Museum of Arts
- Itokoku History Museum
- Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
- Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History
- Kokura Castle
- Kubote Historical Museum
- Kurume City Art Museum
- Kyushu Historical Museum
- Kyushu National Museum
- Matsumoto Seichō Memorial Museum
- Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum
Saga Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Arita Porcelain Park
- Chōkokan
- Kawamura Art Museum
- Kyūshū Ceramic Museum
- Saga Castle History Museum
- Saga Prefectural Museum
- Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Imari-Nabeshima
- Karatsu Castle
- Matsurokan
- Yōkan
- Ōkuma Shigenobu
- Saga University
- Sano Tsunetami
- Yoshinogari site Yayoi Life Museum
Nagasaki Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Confucius Shrine & Historical Museum of China
- Huis Ten Bosch Museums
- Ikitsuki Island Museum, Shima no Yakata
- Matsura Historical Museum
- Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University
- Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
- Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Endō Shūsaku Literary Museum
- Glover Garden
- Gunkanjima
- Hirado Castle
- MDSF
- Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
- Father de Rotz
- Iōjima Lighthouse
- Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
- Shimabara Castle
- Siebold Memorial Museum
- Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument
Former facilities[]
Kumamoto Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Honmyō-ji Hōmotsukan
- Kikuchi Shrine Historical Museum
- Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum
- Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
- Kumamoto University
- Shinpūren
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Amakusa Christian Museum
- Aso Volcano Museum
- Kitasato Shibasaburō
- Kiyoura
- Koizumi Yakumo
- Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanic Gardens
- Matsumae Shigeyoshi
- Mifune Dinosaur Museum
- Minamata Disease
- Natsume Sōseki
- Riddell-Wright
- Sohō
- (cf. shiranui)
- Yokoi Shōnan
Ōita Prefecture[]
Registered museums[]
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five registered museums in Ōita Prefecture:[8]
Designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were ten designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ōita Prefecture:[8]
- Kyūshū Natural Animal Park African Safari
- Ōita Prefectural Art Museum
- Yabakei
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
In addition to the above, the following facilities are member museums of the Ōita Prefectural Museum Council (大分県博物館協議会):[9]
- Asakura Fumio
- Nakatsu Castle
- Ōita City Historical Museum
- Usa Jingū Hōmotsukan
Other facilities include:
- Nogami Yaeko
- Hōmotsukan
Miyazaki Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
- Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History
- Saitobaru
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
- Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden
- & Ikime-no-Mori Yūkokan
- Miyazaki Jingū Chōkokan
- Naitō Memorial Museum
- Obi Castle History Museum
- Ōyodo River Study Center
- Wakayama Bokusui
- Yasui Sokken
Former museums[]
Kagoshima Prefecture[]
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
- The International University of Kagoshima
- Iwasaki Art Museum
- Jigen-ryū
- &
- Kagoshima City Museum of Art
- Kagoshima University Museum
- Matsushita Museum of Art
- Nagashima Museum
- Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
As of 20 June 2019, other than the above, the following were members of the Kagoshima Prefecture Museum Association (鹿児島県博物館協会):[10][11]
- (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)[12]
- (member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)[12]
- (, Tanaka Isson )
- Museum & Park
- Ishibashi Park & Memorial Hall
- Kagoshima Aquarium
- Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoological Park
- Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University
- Kagoshima Women's Junior College
- (Kurose Lookout Museum)
- Kirishima Open Air Museum
- Kishinkan, Bōnotsu Center for Historical Material
- Museum of the Meiji Restoration
- Saigō Nanshū
- Sakurajima
- Satsuma Students
- (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)[12]
- Tanegashima
- Uenohara Jōmon no Mori
- (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)[12]
- Yakusugi
In addition to the above, the following facilities are in Kagoshima Prefecture:
- Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
- Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
- Kanoya Air Base Museum
- Nihonga
- Sakurajima
Okinawa Prefecture[]
Registered museums[]
As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eleven registered museums in Okinawa Prefecture:[13]
- Himeyuri Peace Museum
- Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum
- Kumejima Museum
- Miyakojima City Museum
- Nago Museum
- Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
- Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
- Urasoe Art Museum
Designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Okinawa Prefecture:[13]
- Okinawa Kodomo Future Zone
- Okinawa World
- Southeast Botanical Gardens
- Ryūkyū University Museum (Fūju-kan)
- Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
In addition to the above, and as of 1 May 2018, the Okinawa Prefectural Government lists the following facilities:[13]
- Shūshūkan
- Kumejima-tsumugi
- Kuroshima Research Station
- Manko Waterbird & Wetland Center
- Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden
- Old Miyaradunchi
- Naha City Museum of History
- Neo Park Okinawa
- Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum
- Omoro Botanical Garden
- Ryūkyū Shimpō
- Ryukyu Village
- Yaeyama Palm
- Shuri Castle Park
- Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum
- Ueno German Culture Village Kinder House
- Uezu Family Residence
- Yui Rail
In addition to the above, the following appear on the list of member museums of the Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society (沖縄県博物館協会):[12]
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b 道内の登録博物館・博物館相当施設 [Registered Museums and Museum-Equivalent Facilities in Hokkaidō] (PDF) (in Japanese). Hokkaido Government Board of Education. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c 青森県内博物館等施設一覧 [List of Museum Facilities in Aomori Prefecture] (in Japanese). Aomori Prefecture. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 博物館 [Museums]. Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 県内の登録博物館及び博物館に相当する施設の一覧 [List of Registered Museums and Designated Museum-Equivalent Facilities in Hiroshima Prefecture] (in Japanese). Hiroshima Prefecture. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ 香川県資料館協議会 [Kagawa Museum Association] (in Japanese). Kagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 愛媛県内の登録博物館・博物館相当施設 [Registered Museums and Museum-Equivalent Facilities in Ehime Prefecture] (in Japanese). Ehime Prefectural Board of Education. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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- ^ 鹿児島県博物館協会加入館一覧 [List of Member Museums of the Kagoshima Prefecture Museum Association] (in Japanese). Kagoshima Prefecture. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Kagoshima Museum Guide" (PDF). Kagoshima Prefecture Museum Association. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e 加盟博物館一覧 [List of Member Museums] (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c 博物館に関すること [Matters Relating to Museums] (PDF) (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
See also[]
- Japanese museums
- Prefectural museum
- Tourism in Japan
- Culture of Japan
- List of museums
- Lists of tourist attractions in Japan
- Museums in Japan
- Lists of museums by country
- Lists of buildings and structures in Japan
- Japan education-related lists
- Lists of museums in Asia