List of museums in Japan

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This is a list of museums in Japan.

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[]

Hokkaidō Museum

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]

Museum-like facilities, etc[]

These include:

Former museums[]

Former museums include:

  • Ainu Museum

Tōhoku[]

Aomori Prefecture[]

Aomori Prefectural Museum
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]

Other related facilities[]
Former museums[]
  • Hachinohe City Museum of Art

Iwate Prefecture[]

Iwate Prefectural Museum
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
  • Hara Kei
  • Ishikawa Takuboku
  • Mifune Kyūzō

Miyagi Prefecture[]

Tōhoku History Museum
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[]

Akita Prefectural Museum
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
  • Satake Historical Museum

Yamagata[]

Fukushima[]

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[]

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[]

Main article: List of museums in Tokyo

Kanagawa[]

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[]

Yamanashi[]

Nagano[]

Gifu[]

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[]

Kansai[]

Mie[]

Shiga[]

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[]

Nara[]

Registered museums[]

There are fourteen registered museums:[4]

Museum-equivalent facilities[]

There are six museum-equivalent facilities:[4]

Other museums and museum-like facilities[]

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[]

Tottori Prefectural Museum
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[]

Shimane[]

Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo
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[]

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[]

Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History
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]

Museum-like facilities, etc[]
Former museums[]

Yamaguchi Prefecture[]

Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
Museum-like facilities, etc[]

Shikoku[]

Tokushima Prefecture[]

Tokushima Prefectural Museum
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
Museum-like facilities, etc[]

Kagawa Prefecture[]

The Kagawa Museum
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[]

Museum of Ehime History and Culture
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[]

Kōchi Prefecture[]

Kōchi Prefectural Museum of History
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
Museum-like facilities, etc[]

Kyushu[]

Fukuoka[]

Saga Prefecture[]

Saga Prefectural Museum
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
Museum-like facilities, etc[]

Nagasaki Prefecture[]

Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
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[]

Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum
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[]

Ōita Prefecture[]

Ōita Prefectural Museum of History
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]

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]

Other facilities include:

  • Nogami Yaeko
  • Hōmotsukan

Miyazaki Prefecture[]

Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
  • Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
  • Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History
  • Saitobaru
Museum-like facilities, etc[]
Former museums[]

Kagoshima Prefecture[]

Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material
Registered museums & designated museum-equivalent facilities[]
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]

In addition to the above, the following facilities are in Kagoshima Prefecture:

Okinawa Prefecture[]

Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum

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]

Museum-like facilities, etc[]

In addition to the above, and as of 1 May 2018, the Okinawa Prefectural Government lists the following facilities:[13]

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[]

  1. ^ 博物館数，入館者数，学芸員数の推移 [Change in the Number of Museums, Visitors, and Curators] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b 博物館 [Museums]. Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 香川県資料館協議会 [Kagawa Museum Association] (in Japanese). Kagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b 登録博物館・博物館相当施設一覧 [List of Registered Museums and Museum-Equivalent Facilities] (in Japanese). Ōita Prefecture. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  9. ^ 博物館を探す [Find a Museum] (in Japanese). Ōita Prefectural Museum Council. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Kagoshima Museum Guide" (PDF). Kagoshima Prefecture Museum Association. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.

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