Museums
Museums of Japan
3,988 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum787museums
Biographical museum186museums
History museum168museums
Local museum156museums
Most visited museums
Visitors in the latest year on record, since 2015.
2National Art Center, Tokyo
Kita-aoyama, Tokyo
Art museum · 2006
882k visitors
5Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Kanda-Surugadai, Tokyo
Art museum · 1926
1.05M visitors
6The National Museum of Modern Art
Kanda-jinbōchō, Tokyo
Art museum · 1952
355k visitors
7National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Kyoto, Kyoto
Art museum · 1963
326k visitors
8Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Yūtenji, Tokyo
Art museum · 1990
415k visitors
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9Sapporo Beer Museum
Sapporo, Hokkaido
1987
144k visitors
10Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum
Kochi, Kochi
Biographical museum · 1991
146k visitors
11Meguro Parasitological Museum
Yūtenji, Tokyo
Medical museum · 1953
57k visitors
12Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History
Mito, Ibaraki
Prefectural museum · 1974
94k visitors
16National Museum of Nature and Science
Kanda-awajichō, Tokyo
Science museum · 1877
17Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Military museum · 1955
26Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Koganei, Tokyo
Open-air museum · 1993
29National Museum of Japanese History
Sakura, Chiba
History museum · 1981
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41Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Art museum · 1989
45Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
Yūtenji, Tokyo
Art museum · 1983
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46Yokohama Curry Museum
Minatomirai, Kanagawa
2001
47Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
Katsuyama, Fukui
Paleontological museum · 2000
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48Hiroshima Museum of Art
Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Art museum · 1978
52National Institute of Polar Research
Tachikawa, Tokyo
Science museum · 1973
54Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
Naha, Okinawa
Art museum · 1975
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Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 787 |
| Biographical museum | 186 |
| History museum | 168 |
| Local museum | 156 |
| Literary museum | 114 |
| Archaeological museum | 108 |
| Science museum | 106 |
| Folk museum | 106 |
| Corporate museum | 88 |
| University museum | 74 |
| City museum | 70 |
| Treasure hall | 65 |
| Prefectural museum | 64 |
| Buried cultural property center | 55 |