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
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
- Arai Memorial Museum of Art
- Asahikawa City Museum
- Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture in Honour of Nakahara Teijirō
- Asahikawa Science Center
- Bihoro Museum
- Date City Museum of History and Culture
- Hakodate City Museum
- Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center
- Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaidō
- Hidaka Mountains Museum
- Hiroo Town Marine Museum
- Hokkaidō Asahikawa Museum of Art
- Hokkaidō Museum of Literature
- Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art
- Hokkaidō Museum of Northern Peoples
- Hokkaidō Obihiro Museum of Art
- Kan Yasuda Sculpture Museum – Arte Piazza Bibai
- Kitaichi Venetian Art Museum
- Kitami Region Museum of Science History and Art
- Kushiro Art Museum, Hokkaidō
- Kushiro City Museum
- Kushiro City Museum of Art
- Migishi Kōtarō Museum of Art, Hokkaidō
- Mikasa City Museum
- Miura Ayako Literature Museum
- Monbetsu City Museum
- Mukawa Town Hobetsu Museum
- Nayoro City Kitaguni Museum
- Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum
- Obihiro Centennial City Museum
- Otaru City General Museum
- Otaru City Museum of Art
- Otaru City Museum of Literature
- Rishiri Town Museum
- Sapporo Science Center
- Shibetsu City Museum
- Shinhidaka Town Museum
- Tomakomai Art Museum
- Tomakomai City Science Center
- Urakawa Town 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]
- Akkeshi Marine Station Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaidō University
- Asahikawa Tondenhei Village Museum
- Chitose Salmon Aquarium
- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaidō University
- Fukuhara Memorial Museum
- Historical Village of Hokkaidō
- Hongō Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo
- Kushiro Children's Museum
- Lake Utonai Sanctuary Nature Center
- Muroran City Youth Science Museum
- Muroran Folklore and Historic Museum
- Nemuro City Museum of History and Nature
- Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe
- Noboribetsu Bear Park
- Obihiro Zoo
- Otaru Aquarium
- Sapporo Art Museum
- Sapporo Maruyama Zoo
- Sendai Clan, Shiraoi Manor House Museum
- Kanda Nisshō Memorial Museum of Art
- Yūbari Coal Mine Museum
Museum-like facilities, etc
These include:
- Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum
- Edwin Dun Memorial Museum
- Ebetsu City Historical Museum
- Ebetsu Glass Crafts 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 Railway Technology 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
- Kitami Mint Memorial Museum
- Matsumae Town Historical Museum
- Miyanomori Art Museum
- Museum of Soils and Ploughs of the World
- Nanae Historical Museum
- National Ainu Museum
- Okhotsk Museum Esashi
- Otaru Music Box Museum
- Pierson Memorial House
- Rausu Municipal Museum
- Rebun Town Historical Museum
- Sapporo Beer Museum
- Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center
- Shellfish Museum of Rankoshi
- Shibetsu Salmon Science Museum
- Shinhidaka Ainu Museum
- Shintotsukawa Town Historical Museum
- Taiho Sumo Museum
- Takikawa Local History Museum
- Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History
- Urahoro Town Museum
- Wakkanai Karafuto Museum
- Yakumo Town Museum
- Yasushi Inoue Memorial Hall
- Yoichi Fisheries 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
- Hachinohe City 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]
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 City Mediaeval Museum (Chūsei no Yakata)
- Aomori Museum of History
- Hakkōda Mountains Incident Museum
- Hirosaki Castle Botanical Gardens
- Hirosaki Castle Museum
- Hirosaki City Local Literature Museum
- Korekawa Archaeological Institution (Korekawa Jōmon Kan)
- Kushihiki Hachiman-gū 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 Memorial Museum
- Takaoka no Mori Historical Museum of Hirosaki Clan
- Towada Art Center
- Tsugaru-han Neputa Village
- Tsugaru Kokeshi Museum
Other related facilities
- Andō Shōeki Museum
- Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse
- Nitobe Memorial Museum
- Tachineputa Museum
Former museums
- Hachinohe City Museum of Art
Registered museums and museum-equivalent facilities
- Goshono Jōmon Museum
- Hanamaki City Museum
- Hekishōji Museum
- Iwate Museum of Art
- Iwate Prefectural Museum
- Kitakami City Museum
- Miyazawa Kenji Memorial Museum
- Ōfunato City Museum
- Ōshū City Cattle Museum
- Tōno City Museum
Museum-like facilities, etc
- Hachimantai City Museum
- Hachirō Satō Memorial Museum
- Hanamaki City Museum of History and Folklore
- Hara Kei Memorial Museum
- Ichinoseki City Museum
- Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum
- Kikuta Kazuo Memorial Museum
- Michinoku Folk Village
- Mifune Kyūzō Memorial Museum
- Morioka History and Culture Museum
- Stone and Kenji Museum
- Toneyama Kōjin Memorial Art Museum
- Tōno Folktale Museum
Registered museums and museum-equivalent facilities
- Aoba Castle Museum
- Fukushima Art Museum
- The Miyagi Museum of Art
- Ōsaki City Matsuyama Furusato History Museum
- Rias Ark Museum of Art
- Rikuzentakata City Museum
- Sendai City Museum
- Kami Town Serisawa Chōsuke Tōhoku Ceramic Culture Museum
- Tōhoku Gakuin University Museum
- Tōhoku History Museum
- Tōhoku Fukushi University Serizawa Keisuke Art and Craft Museum
- Zuigan-ji Treasure Hall Seiryūden
Museum-like facilities, etc
Registered museums and museum-equivalent facilities
- Akita Museum of Art
- Akita Museum of Modern Art
- Akita Prefectural Museum
- Akita Senshū Museum of Art
- Kitaakita City Hamabe no Uta Music Hall
- Kosaka Town Museum
- Omono River Local Museum
- Polder Museum of Ōgata-Mura
Museum-like facilities, etc
- Mining Museum of Akita University
- Ōmura Museum of Art
- Satake Historical Museum
- Yokote Masuda Manga 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
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
- Lalique Museum Hakone
- 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
- Yamate Museum
- Yokohama Archives of History
- Yokohama Customs Museum
- Yokohama History Museum
- Yokohama Museum of Art
- Yokohama Port Museum
- Yokohama Science Center
- Yokohama Silk Museum
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
- Nippon Origami 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
Former museums
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
Mie
- Iga Ueno Castle
- Iga-ryū Ninja Museum
- Natsumi Temple complex
- Saikū
Kyoto
- Asahi beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art
- 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 Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum
- Osaka Science Museum
- Sakai City Museum
- Yuki Museum of Art
Former museums
Registered museums
There are fourteen registered museums:[4]
- The City Museum of Gojō Culture
- Daiki Osyou Folk Craft Museum
- Kashiba Municipal Nijōsan Museum
- Kashihara City Museum of History
- Kashihara City Museum of Insects
- Kasuga Taisha Kokuhōden
- Kasuga Taisha Manyō Botanical Garden
- Katsuragi City History Museum
- Kita Museum of Art
- The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
- Nakano Museum of Art
- Neiraku Museum
- Shōhaku Art Museum
- Suiheisha Museum
Museum-equivalent facilities
There are six museum-equivalent facilities:[4]
- Hōryū-ji Daihōzōden
- The Museum of Tezukayama University
- The Museum Yamato Bunkakan
- Nara University Museum
- Takamatsuzuka Mural Hall
- 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
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
- Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum
- 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 Peace Memorial Museum
- Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
- Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History
- Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
- Japan Coast Guard Museum
- JMSDF Kure Museum
- Kōsan-ji
- Nakata Museum
- Onomichi City Museum of Art
- Wood One Museum of Art
- Yamato Museum
Registered museums and museum-equivalent facilities
- The Hagi Museum
- Hagi Uragami Museum
- Iwakuni Art Museum
- Iwakuni Chōkokan
- Kikkawa Historical Museum
- Kumaya Art Museum
- Mōri Museum
- Nomura Art Museum
- Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum
- Shimonoseki City Art Museum
- Shimonoseki City Museum of History
- Shūnan City Museum of Art and History
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
- Yoshika Taiba Memorial Museum
Other museums and museum-like facilities
Kōchi
- Ekin Museum
- Ino Paper Museum
- Kōchi Castle
- Kōchi Castle Museum of History
- Kōchi Literary Museum
- Kōchi Prefectural Museum of History
- The Museum of Art, Kōchi
- Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum
- Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum
- Tosa Yamauchi Family Treasury and Archives
- Yanase Takashi Memorial Hall
- Yoshii Isamu Memorial Museum
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
Nagasaki
- Confucius Shrine, Nagasaki
- Glover Garden
- Hirado Castle
- Matsura Historical Museum
- Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
- Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
- Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
- Saikai Pearl Sea Resort
- Shimabara Castle
- Siebold Memorial Museum
- Syusaku Endo Literature Museum
- Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument
Kagoshima
- Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
- Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
- Iwasaki Art Museum
- Kagoshima City Museum of Art
- Kanoya Air Base Museum
- Kirishima Open Air Museum
- Kishinkan, Bōnotsu Center for Historical Material
- Matsushita Museum of Art
- Museum of the Meiji Restoration
- Nagashima Museum
- Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material
- Uenohara site
Registered museums and museum-equivalent facilities
- Haebaru Culture Center
- Higashi Mountain and Water Life Museum
- Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum
- Kumejima Museum
- Miyakojima City Museum
- Nago Museum
- Naha Municipal Tsuboya Pottery Museum
- Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
- Urasoe Art Museum
Museum-like facilities, etc
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 博物館 [Museums]. Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 10 August 2020.