List of museums in Japan

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

Registered museums

As of 1 November 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were forty-five registered museums in Hokkaidō:[2]

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:

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]

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]

Former museums
  • Hachinohe City Museum of Art

Iwate Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc
  • Hachimantai City Museum
  • Satō Hachirō 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

Miyagi Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Akita Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Yamagata

Fukushima

Kantō

Ibaraki

Tochigi

Gunma

Saitama

Chiba

Tokyo

Main article: List of museums in Tokyo

Kanagawa

Chūbu

Niigata

Toyama

Ishikawa

Fukui

Yamanashi

Nagano

Gifu

Shizuoka

Former museums

Aichi

Kansai

Mie

Shiga

Kyoto

Osaka

Former museums

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

Chūgoku

Tottori Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Shimane

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc
  • Ama Town Gotobain Museum
  • Anno Mitsumasa Art Museum
  • Hamada Local History Museum
  • Hanzake Nature Museum of Mizuho
  • Imai Museum
  • Iwami Ginzan Museum
  • Izumo Cultural Heritage Museum
  • Izumo Folk Crafts Museum
  • Izumo Science Center
  • Izumo Tamatsukuri Museum
  • Izumo Yayoi-no-Mori Museum
  • Kōjindani Archaeological Museum
  • Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
  • Matsue Castle
  • Nakamura Hajime Memorial Museum
  • Nima Sand Museum
  • Oki Kyōdokan
  • Okuizumo Tane Museum of Natural History
  • Okuizumo Tatara Sword Museum
  • Sanbe-Azukihara Buried Forest Park
  • Sesshū Memorial Museum
  • Shimane Prefectural Sanbe Nature Museum Sahimeru
  • Shimane Prefectural Yakumotatsu Fudoki-no-Oka Museum
  • Tsuwano Japan Heritage Centre
  • Yunotsu Yakimono no Sato

Okayama

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]

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
  • Glass Village (Garasu no Sato) Museum
  • Japan Folk Toy and Doll Museum
  • Japan Footwear Museum

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Shikoku

Tokushima Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc
  • Ai no Yakata
  • Aioi Shinrin Museum of Art
  • Ataka Museum of Art
  • Anan Awa Kubō Folk Museum
  • Awa City Donari Historical Museum
  • Awa Ikeda Tobacco Museum - Awa Ikeda Udatsu House
  • Awa Odori Kaikan
  • Heike Yashiki Museum of Folklore
  • Hiwasa Chelonian Museum Caretta
  • Kagawa Toyohiko Memorial Museum
  • Kaiyō Town Museum
  • Kawata Folk Museum
  • Mima Kyōdo Museum
  • Misato Hotaru Museum
  • Moraes Museum
  • Naruto Galle No Mori Art Museum
  • Naruto German House
  • Ōnaruto Bridge Memorial Museum
  • Sūō Art Museum
  • Tokushima Botanical Garden
  • Tokushima City Tenguhisa Museum
  • Tokushima Prefectural Awa Jūrōbe Yashiki
  • Tokushima Prefectural Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre
  • Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Literature and Calligraphy
  • Tokushima Science Museum
  • Tokushima War Dead Memorial Museum

Kagawa Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
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]

  • Araki Kazuo Memorial Folk Tool Museum (Sanuki Senshintei)* Ayagawa Lifelong Learning Center
  • Henro Exchange Salon
  • Higashikagawa City History and Folk Museum
  • Hiraga Gennai Memorial Museum
  • Ibukijima Folk History Museum
  • Kagawa Glove Museum
  • Kagawa Memorial Water Park Water Museum
  • Kagawa Prefectural Goshikidai Children's Nature Center
  • Kan'onji City Museum
  • Kinryō-no-Sato Sake Museum
  • Kotohira Town History and Folklore Museum
  • Local Doll Museum
  • Marugame Museum
  • Marukin Soy Sauce Museum
  • Mitoyo City Takuma Town Folk Museum
  • Mount Shiude Archaeological Museum
  • Sakaide City Museum
  • Sakaide City Salt Industry Museum
  • Sanuki City History and Folk Museum
  • Sanuki Kokubun-ji Site Museum
  • Sea Science Museum
  • Seto Inland Sea Folk History Museum
  • Seto Ōhashi Memorial Museum
  • Sōkichi Kawara no Sato Exhibition Hall
  • Tadotsu Town Museum
  • Takamatsu City Kōnan History and Folk Museum
  • Takamatsu Suidō Museum
  • Toramaru Puppet Theater Museum
  • Toyohama Folk Museum (Cotton Museum)
  • Ushiyaguchi Shūkokan
  • Utazu industrial Museum
  • World Coin Museum
  • Yoshima Museum
  • Zentsūji City Local Folk Museum

Other related facilities include:

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]

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]

  • Kuma Museum of Art
  • Hirose Memorial Museum
  • Saijō City Saijō Folk Museum
  • Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
  • Takabatake Kashō Taishō Roman-kan
  • Tobe Zoological Park of Ehime Prefecture
Museum-like facilities, etc

Kōchi Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Kyushu

Fukuoka

Saga Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc
  • Arita Folk and History Museum East Building & Arita Ware Reference Museum
  • Fukagawa Porcelain China On The Park Chūjikan
  • Genkai Town Museum of History and Folklore
  • Imari City Ceramic Merchants Museum
  • Imari History and Folklore Museum
  • Imari-Nabeshima Gallery
  • Kamimine Town Furusato Gakkan
  • Karatsu Castle
  • Karatsu City Kodai no Mori Kaikan
  • Kashima City Folk Museum
  • Kōhoku Town Museum
  • Matsurokan
  • Muraoka Sōhonpo Yōkan Museum
  • Nakabayashi Gochiku Memorial Museum
  • Ogi City Historical Museum
  • Ōkuma Shigenobu Memorial Museum
  • Saga City History and Folklore Museum
  • Saga Prefecture Agricultural Research Center Museum
  • Saga Prefecture Space and Science Museum
  • Saga University Art Museum
  • Sano Tsunetami Memorial Museum
  • Shida Ware Museum
  • Taihei-an Sake Brewery Museum
  • Takeo City Library and History Museum
  • Taku City Museum
  • Tara Town Museum of History and Folklore
  • Ureshino City Museum of History and Folklore
  • Yoshinogari site Yayoi Life Museum

Nagasaki Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc
Former facilities

Kumamoto Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc
  • Amakusa Archives
  • Amakusa Christian Museum
  • Amakusa City Itsuwa Museum of History and Folklore
  • Amakusa Collegio Museum
  • Amakusa Rosary Museum
  • Arao City Miyazaki Brothers Museum
  • Arao Cultural Center & Children's Science Museum
  • Aso Volcano Museum
  • Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
  • Goshoura Cretaceous Museum
  • Gotō Zezan Memorial Museum
  • Higo no Satoyama Gallery
  • Hondo Museum of History and Folklore
  • Inukai Memorial Museum of Art
  • Itsuki Village History and Culture Exchange Center, Historia Terrace Itsukidani
  • The Janes' Residence, Kumamoto
  • Kitasato Shibasaburō Memorial Museum
  • Kiyoura Memorial Museum
  • Koizumi Yakumo Former Residence in Kumamoto
  • Kōshi City Kōshi Historical Museum
  • Kōshi City Nishi-Gōshi Historical Museum
  • Kumamoto City Tabaruzaka Seinan Civil War Museum
  • Kumamoto City Tsukahara Historical Museum,
  • Kumamoto City Water Science Museum
  • Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanic Gardens
  • Kumamoto Museum of History and Literature
  • Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Arts Center
  • Kyūsendō Forest Museum
  • Matsumae Shigeyoshi Memorial Museum
  • Mifune Dinosaur Museum
  • Minamata Disease Museum
  • Minamiaso Luna Observatory
  • Nagomi Town Museum of History and Folklore
  • Natsume Sōseki Former Residence in Uchitsuboimachi
  • Newspaper Museum
  • Ōzu Town Museum of History and Cultural Tradition
  • Reihoku History Museum
  • Riddell-Wright Memorial Hall
  • Sakamoto Zenzō Museum of Art
  • Seiwa Bunraku Museum
  • Shiken Fujin Memorial Museum
  • Sohō Memorial Museum
  • Tsunagi Art Museum
  • Tokutomi Memorial Garden
  • Uki City Shiranuhi Museum (cf. shiranui)
  • Yamae Village History and Folklore Museum
  • Yamaga Lantern Folk Craft Museum
  • Yokoi Shōnan Memorial Museum

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]

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 Memorial Museum
  • Beppu City Art Museum
  • Bungo-Ōno City Museum of History and Folklore
  • Hiroike Chikurō Memorial Museum
  • Kitsuki Castle Town Museum
  • Miura Baien Museum, Kunisaki
  • Nakatsu Castle
  • Nakatsu City Museum of History and Folklore
  • Ōita City Historical Museum
  • Ōita Takasaki-yama Natural Wildlife Park
  • Taketa City Historical Museum
  • Usa Jingū Hōmotsukan

Other facilities include:

  • Ama Kofun Shiryōkan
  • Beppu Art Museum
  • Comico Art Museum Yufuin
  • Nogami Yaeko Memorial Museum of Literature
  • Nada-gū Hōmotsukan
  • Ōita Kenritsu Geijutsu Kaikan
  • Saiki History Museum
  • Sano Botanical Garden
  • Tenryō Hita Museum
  • Yufuin Modern Art Museum
  • Yufuin Retro Motor Museum

Miyazaki Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc
  • Agricultural Museum, University of Miyazaki Faculty of Agriculture
  • Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden
  • Aya International Craft Castle
  • Ebino History and Folklore Museum
  • Former Yoshimatsu Family Residence
  • Gokase Town Museum of the Blessings of Nature
  • Hyūga City History and Folk Museum
  • Hyūga City Hososhima Port Museum
  • Ishii Jūji Shiryōkan
  • Kadogawa History and Folk Museum
  • Kunitomi Sōgō Bunka Kaikan
  • Miyakonojō History Museum
  • Miyakonojō Shimazu Residence
  • Miyazaki Art Center
  • Miyazaki City Museum of History & Ikime-no-Mori Yūkokan
  • Miyazaki Jingū Chōkokan
  • Miyazaki Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center
  • Miyazaki Science Center
  • Morotsuka Folk Museum
  • Naitō Memorial Museum
  • Nishimera Museum of History and Folklore
  • Nobeoka Botanical Garden
  • Nojiri Museum of History and Folklore
  • Obi Castle History Museum
  • Ōyodo River Study Center
  • Saito City Museum of History and Folklore
  • Takachiho Community Center
  • Takanabe Town Museum of History
  • Wakayama Bokusui Memorial Museum of Literature
  • Yasui Sokken Memorial Museum
Former museums
  • Miyazaki Museum of History and Culture

Kagoshima Prefecture

Registered museums and 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]

  • Aira City History and Folk Museum
  • Akune City History Museum
  • Amami City Amami Museum (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)[12]
  • Amami City Museum of History and Folklore (member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)[12]
  • Amami Park (Amami no Sato, Tanaka Isson Memorial Museum of Art)
  • Chin Jukan Museum
  • Flower Park Kagoshima
  • Hioki City Fukiage Museum of History and Folklore
  • Hirota Site Museum & Park
  • History Museum Kimpō, Minamisatsuma City
  • Isen Town Museum of History and Folklore
  • Ishibashi Park & Memorial Hall
  • Izumi City Crane Museum, Crane Park Izumi
  • Izumi City History and Folk Museum
  • Izumi Fumoto History Museum
  • Japan Mandarin Orange Center
  • Kagoshima Aquarium
  • Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoological Park
  • Kagoshima City Museum of Archaeology
  • Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University Museum
  • Kagoshima Municipal Science Hall
  • Kagoshima Women's Junior College Museum
  • Kasasa Art Museum, Minamisatsuma (Kurose Lookout Museum)
  • Kasasa Ebisu
  • Kihoku Historical Folk Museum, Kanoya City
  • Kimotsuki Museum of History and Folklore
  • Kirishima City Hayato Museum of History and Folklore
  • Kirishima Open Air Museum
  • Kirishima Kokubu Museum of History
  • Kishinkan, Bōnotsu Center for Historical Material
  • Makurazaki Nanmeikan Cultural Resource Center
  • Minamisatsuma Municipal Museum on Kaseda Local History
  • Minamitane Town Museum
  • Miyanojō Historical Center, Satsuma
  • Muku Hatojū Memorial Museum of Literature
  • Museum Chiran
  • Museum of the Meiji Restoration
  • Nagashima Town Museum of History and Folklore
  • Nakatane Town Museum of History and Folklore
  • Saigō Nanshū Memorial Museum
  • Sakurajima Visitor Center
  • Satsuma Denshōkan
  • Satsuma Students Museum
  • Satsumasendai History Museum
  • Satsumasendai Magokoro Museum of Literature
  • Setouchi Town Library & Setouchi Municipal Museum (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)[12]
  • Shibushi City Buried Cultural Property Center
  • Sueyoshi Museum of History and Folklore, Soo City
  • Tanegashima Akagome Museum
  • Tanegashima Development Center
  • Tokunoshima Town Museum
  • Uenohara Jōmon no Mori
  • Wadomari Town Museum of History and Folklore (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)[12]
  • Yakushima Environmental and Cultural Village Center
  • Yakushima Town History and Folk Museum
  • Yakusugi Museum

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

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]

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]

  • Anti-War Peace Museum (Nuchi du Takara no Ie)
  • Ayamihabiru Museum
  • Butterfly Museum Kabira
  • Former Navy Headquarters
  • Ginoza Village Museum
  • Higashi Village Mountain and Water Life Museum
  • Iheya Village History and Folk Museum
  • Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Center
  • Ishigaki Island Limestone Cave
  • Ishigaki Yaima Mura
  • Izena Fureai Folk Museum
  • Kihō-in Shūshūkan
  • Kohama Folk Museum
  • Kumejima Firefly Museum
  • Kumejima Sea Turtle Museum
  • Kumejima-tsumugi no Sato, Yuimāru-kan
  • Kadena Folk Material Hall
  • Kuroshima Research Station
  • Manko Waterbird & Wetland Center
  • Mekaru Family Residence
  • Minamidaitō Furusato Culture Center
  • Minamidaitō Visitor Center Shima Marugoto Museum
  • Minsa Weaving Craft Hall
  • Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden
  • Miyakojima Kaihōkan
  • Old Miyaradunchi
  • Moromi Folkcraft Museum
  • Motobu Town Museum
  • Mukashi-kan
  • Naha City Museum of History
  • Naha City Traditional Arts and Craft Center
  • Nakamura Family Residence
  • Nakijin Village History and Culture Center
  • Neo Park Okinawa
  • Nantō Folk Museum
  • Oceanic Culture Museum
  • Ōhama Nobumoto Memorial Museum
  • Okinawa City Street Corner Data Hall
  • Okinawa Nature School Museum
  • Okinawa Peace Hall
  • Okinawa Postal Material Center
  • Okinawa Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center
  • Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum
  • Omoro Botanical Garden
  • Onna Village Museum
  • Ryūkyū Black Pearl Center
  • Ryūkyū Shimpō Newspaper Museum
  • Ryukyu Village
  • Sakima Art Museum
  • Satake Yaeyama Palm Memorial Museum
  • Shimamuraya Sightseeing Park Folk Museum
  • Shuri Castle Park
  • Shuri Ryūsen Traditional Craft Museum
  • Tarama Village Furusato Minzoku Gakushūkan
  • Tokashiki Village History and Folk Heritage Museum
  • Tomigusuku City History and Folk Material Exhibition Room
  • Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum
  • Tropical Dream Center
  • Ueno German Culture Village Kinder House
  • Uezu Family Residence
  • Uruma City Ishikawa History and Folk Museum
  • Uruma City Sea Culture Museum
  • Uruma City Yonashiro History and Folk Museum
  • Yaese Town Gushikami Museum of History and Folklore
  • Yaeyama Peace Memorial Museum
  • Yambaru Wildlife Conservation Center, Ufugi Nature Museum
  • Yomitan Village Art Museum
  • Yomitan Village History and Folklore Museum
  • Yonabaru Town Tsunahiki Museum
  • Yui Rail Exhibition Hall

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]

  • Eisa Museum
  • Minamikaze Museum
  • Nakagusuku Village Gosamaru Historical Materials Library
  • National Theatre Okinawa
  • Okinawa Army Hospital Haebaru Bunker No.20

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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ a b 博物館 [Museums]. Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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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