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.

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: 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: 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

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: 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: 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: 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

Iwate Prefecture

Registered museums and designated 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 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

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 3M Sendai Science Museum Bansui Sōdō Botanical Garden of Tōhoku University Daigigakoi Shell Mound Museum Fujita Kyōhei Museum of Glass Hara Asao Memorial Museum Ishinomori Manga Museum Ishinomori Shōtarō Furusato Memorial Museum Kankaku Museum Kanno Museum of Art Kanrantei & Matsushima Museum Kazenosawa Museum Kesennuma City Ōtani Mine History Museum Museum of Kamei Collection Nakamoto Seishi Contemporary Art Museum Ōhira-mura Furusato Museum of Art Police Museum Saitō Garden Museum Sannō-Gakoi Site Museum Satohama Shell Mound & Historical Museum of Jōmon Village, Oku-Matsushima Satoru Satō Art Museum Sendai Astronomical Observatory Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum Sendai City War Reconstruction Memorial Hall Sendai City Wild Plants Garden Sendai Kaleidoscope Museum Sendai Literature Museum Shiogama Jinja Museum Shiogama Sugimura Jun Museum of Art Tanabata Museum Tōhoku University Museum Tome City History Museum Toyoma Education Museum Zuihōden Museum

Akita Prefecture

Registered museums and designated 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

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 Geological Museum (Japan) Tsukuba Space Center

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 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

Chūbu Niigata Former Niigata Customs House Joetsu aquarium 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 Nippon Origami Museum Notojima Aquarium

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 Tsuruga Municipal Museum 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