List of museums in Tokyo

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Museum Name	Image	District or Ward	Type	Summary
Ad Museum Tokyo		Minato	Advertising	Japanese museum dedicated to the promotion of studies in advertising
Amuse Museum		Asakusa	Textile Art	Japanese Textile Culture and Ukiyo-e Art Museum
Ancient Orient Museum	File:IndoParthianReveling.JPG	Ikebukuro	Art	Artifacts of the ancient Near East and Central Asia
Artizon Museum	File:Bridgestone Museum.jpg	Chūō	Art	Includes Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and twentieth-century art, Ancient Greek ceramics
Asakura Museum of Sculpture	File:Asakura Museum of Sculpture - 20161122.jpg	Taitō	Art	Museum preserving the home and studio of sculptor Fumio Asakura (1883-1964)
Banknote and Postage Stamp Museum	File:Banknote & Postage stamp Museam of Japan.JPG	Shinjuku	Numismatic	website in Japanese, information
Bicycle Culture Center		Chiyoda	Transport	website
Bunkamura	File:Bunkamura.JPG	Shibuya	Art	Concert hall, theater and art gallery
Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum		Shibuya	Fashion	website, historical costumes and costume-related crafts from around the world
Bunkyo Museum	File:Furusato History Museum, Bunkyo 01.jpg	Bunkyō	History	website in Japanese, local history and culture
Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage	File:Exterior of the Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage in January 2019.jpg	Koto	History	Information and artifacts regarding the bombing of Tokyo
Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan	File:Japan Currency Museum.jpg	Chūō	Numismatic	Japanese currency
Daimaru Museum		Chiyoda	Art	website in Japanese, information
Daimyo Clock Museum		Taitō	Horology	information, information, website in Japanese
Earthquake Learning Center		Meguro	Science	information, information
Edo-Tokyo Museum	File:Edo-Tokyo Museum.jpg	Ryōgoku	History	History of Tokyo
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum	File:House in the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum.jpg	Koganei	Open air	Historic Japanese buildings.
Eisei Bunko Museum	File:Eisei Bunko-1.JPG	Bunkyō	Art	Fine art and historical documents
Emperor Showa Memorial Museum	File:Emperor Showa Memorial Museum 20051213.jpg	Tachikawa	Biographical	website, located in Showa Memorial Park (also known as Showa Kinen Park), life and memorabilia of Emperor Hirohito and his wife Empress Kōjun
Exhibition Hall of the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan	File:Exhibition hall of the Diplomatic Record Office Japan.JPG	Minato-ku	Diplomatic archives	Museum website
Fukagawa Edo Museum		Kōtō	History	information, miniature reproduction of downtown Edo
Gas Science Museum, Tokyo		Kodaira	Industry	website in Japanese, information, information, gas appliances and technology
Ghibli Museum	File:Ghibli-museum-mitaka.jpg	Mitaka	Art	Animation work of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli
Gotoh Museum	File:Gotoh Museum.JPG	Setagaya	Art	Classical Japanese and Chinese art
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art	File:Hara Museum of Contemporary Art 2010.jpg	Shinagawa	Art	Closed - Media includes art, design, architecture, music and dance
Hanzomon Museum		Ichibanchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo	Art
Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum		Setagaya	Art	Comic strip works by Hasegawa Machiko, who drew the comic strip Sazae-san
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art		Minato	Art	Chinese, Korean and Japanese art related to tea drinking
House of Shiseido		Chūō	Fashion	website, information, history of Shiseido cosmetic products
Ichiyo Memorial Museum		Taito, Tokyo	Literature	[1]
Idemitsu Museum of Arts	File:Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo.jpg	Marunouchi	Art	Features a collection of Japanese painting and calligraphy, and East Asian ceramics; Currently closed for renovations.
Industrial Safety Museum & Theater		Minato	Industry	website
Itabashi Ward Public Ecopolis Center		Marunouchi	Science	information
JAXA i	File:JAXAi Entrance.JPG	Chiyoda	Science	website, aerospace science, operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japan Football Museum	File:Japan soccer museum bunkyo tokyo.JPG	Bunkyō	Sports	website, information, soccer in Japan
Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame	File:Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 20070317.jpg	Bunkyō	Sports
Japanese Folk Crafts Museum		Meguro	Art	Also known as Mingeikan Museum, Japanese folk crafts and from China, Korea, England, Africa and elsewhere
Japanese Sword Museum		Shibuya	Military	Art of Japanese sword
JCII Camera Museum		Chiyoda	Technology	website, cameras, photography and film
Kanto Earthquake Disaster Memorial Museum		Sumida	History	information
Katsushika City Museum		Katsushika	Science	website, also local history and astronomy
Katsushika Shibamata Tora-san Museum		Katsushika	History	information,
Kinunomichi Museum	File:Kinunumichi mus..JPG	Hachiōji	History	information in Japanese, video, history of the silk trade and silk road
Kite Museum (Tokyo)		Chūō	Sports	website, Japanese and Asian kites
Kobo Gallery		Chūō	Art
Kodansha Noma Memorial Museum	File:Kodansha Noma Memorial Museum 2.jpg	Bunkyō	Art	Art and cultural treasures; currently closed for renovations
Kodaira Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum	File:Kodaira Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum front.jpg	Kodaira	Art	Home, studio, and gallery of sculptor Hirakushi Denchū (1872-1979)
Koishikawa Annex, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo	File:Koishikawa Annex.jpg	Bunkyō	Natural history	Research museum only
Kokugakuin University Museum		Shibuya	Shinto, History, Archaeology	This Museum was founded with the goals of gathering and preserving cultural artifacts necessary to the study of Japanese culture, conducting and publicizing research, and engaging in collaborative educational and research activities within the context of Kokugakuin University and beyond. The permanent exhibition includes exhibits detailing the history of the university and the academic resource archive as well as archaeological research into the history of the Japanese archipelago. [2]
Koishikawa Ukiyo-e Art Museum	File:Koishikawa Ukiyo-e Art Museum.JPG	Bunkyō	Art	Ukiyo-e paintings
Kyodo no mori	File:Kyodo no Mori Historic Buildings.jpg	Fuchū	Open air
Matsuoka Museum of Art		Shirokanedai	Art	website, description of collections
Madame Tussauds Tokyo			Wax
Marubeni Gallery		Chiyoda	Art	website
Meguro Museum of Art		Meguro	Art	Japanese modern and contemporary art, as well as international artists
Meguro Parasitological Museum		Meguro	Medical	website
Meiji Jingu Treasure Museum	File:Meiji Shrine-Treasure Museum.JPG	Shibuya	Art	website, items used by household of Emperor Meiji
Meiji University Museum		Chiyoda	Multiple	website in Japanese, information, three departments: handcrafts, criminology, archaeology
Michio Miyagi Memorial Hall	File:Miyagi Michio Memorial Hall.jpg	Shinjuku	Music	Life and works of musician Michio Miyagi
Min-On Music Museum	File:Min-On Music Museum.JPG	Shinjuku	Music	website in Japanese, information
Miraikan	File:Miraikan.jpg	Odaiba	Science	National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Mitsui Memorial Museum	File:Mitsui Main Building 2009.jpg	Chūō	Art	Japanese and Asian art and decorative arts
Mitsuo Aida Museum		Chūō	Art	website, works of calligrapher poet Mitsuo Aida; closed
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum	File:Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum - Street Level Mar 2009.jpg	Marunouchi	Art	Focus is 19th-century Western art
Mori Art Museum		Roppongi	Art	Contemporary art
Musée Tomo	File:Musée Tomo - Tokyo, Japan - DSC06684.JPG	Minato	Art	Contemporary Japanese ceramic art
Museum of Advertising and Marketing		Shiodome	Science	website, also known as Advertising Museum Tokyo, history of advertising in Japan
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo	File:Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 2009.jpg	Kōtō	Art	In Kiba
Museum of Logistics		Minato	Transportation	website in Japanese, information
Museum of Maritime Science	File:Museum of Maritime Science north-west side.jpg	Odaiba	Maritime	Japanese boats, the Navy, shipping, fishing, sailing, maritime recreation, ship design and building, marine environment
Museum of the Imperial Collections	File:Kano Eitoku 002.jpg	Chiyoda	Art	Changing exhibition of a part of the imperial household treasures
Nakagawa Funabansho Barge Museum		Koto	History	Replica of the Nakagawa Waterway Station, which regulated trade and travel of Edo-era canals. website, information
NHK Museum of Broadcasting	File:NHK Museum.jpg	Minato	Media	website, history of broadcasting in Japan
NTT InterCommunication Center		Shinjuku	Art	Media art
National Art Center	File:National Art Center Tokyo 2008.jpg	Roppongi	Art	20th-century painting and modern art
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Observatory History Museum	File:Observatory History Museum at NAOJ Mitaka Campus.jpg	Mitaka	Science	Astronomy
National Hansen's Disease Museum	File:National Hansen's Disease Museum (Japan) 2.jpg	Higashimurayama	Science	History of Hansen's disease (leprosy) in Japan and its effects on its sufferers
National Museum of Modern Art	File:National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (2006.05).jpg	Chiyoda	Art
National Museum of Nature and Science	File:NMNC01s3200.jpg	Ueno	Natural history	Natural history and interactive science exhibits
National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty	File:Dokdo 20080628-panorama.jpg	Toranomon	Territory and Sovereignty	Sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, Takeshima and the southernmost Kuril Islands.
National Museum of Western Art	File:National museum of western art05s3200.jpg	Ueno	Art	Art from the Western tradition
National Showa Memorial Museum	File:Showa kan.jpg	Chiyoda	History	Also known as Showakan, lifestyle of the Japanese people during the Shōwa period, mostly during and post World War II, located in Kudanshita
Nezu Museum		Minato	Art	Japanese and other Asian pre-modern arts, including arts related to tea
O Art Museum		Ōsaki	Art	website
Okura Shukokan	File:Okura Shukokan (2006.05).jpg	Minato	Art	website, Japanese and Asian art
Ota Memorial Museum of Art		Shibuya	Art	Ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock print)
Orugoru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan		Bunkyō	Music	Mechanical musical instruments (permanently closed); website
Paper Museum		Kita	Industry	website, paper industry, history and uses of paper
Pen Station, Tokyo		Chuo	Writing Instruments	website, history of writing instruments, in particular Pilot pens
Philatelic Museum, Tokyo	File:Kitte no Hakubutsukan.JPG	Toshima	Philately	website, postage stamps
Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum		Shinjuku	Sports	website
Princess Gallery Handbag Museum		Taitō	Fashion	website in Japanese, information, history of handbags in Japan and bags from around the world
Printing Museum, Tokyo	File:Toppan building.jpg	Bunkyō	Media	History and techniques of printing as a form of communication
Rainbow Sewer Museum		Odaiba	Science	website in Japanese, information, structure of Tokyo's drainage system
Ridai Museum of Modern Science	File:Ridai Museum of Modern Science.JPG	Shinjuku	Science	information, part of the Tokyo University of Science, history of the University, calculators and computers and Japan
Safety Promotion Center		Ōta	Aerospace	Aviation safety, open by reservation
Science Museum, Tokyo	File:HRP-2 front Science Museum Tokyo.jpg	Chiyoda	Science	website
The Seiko Museum Ginza		Chuo	Horology	website
Sekine Kunen Shodo Museum		Taitō	Art	information, calligraphy
Setagaya Art Museum		Setagaya	Art
Setagaya Museum of History	File:Setagaya Museum of History.JPG	Setagaya	History	information, information, local history
Shinjuku Historical Museum	File:Shinjuku historical museum 2009.JPG	Shinjuku	History	website in Japanese, information, local history
Shitamachi Museum	File:Shitamachi-museum-ueno-japan.jpg	Ueno	History	Traditional culture of Tokyo's Shitamachi
Shoto Museum of Art	File:Shoto-museum.JPG	Shibuya	Art	website, local art, paintings, sculpture and craft
Sompo Japan Museum of Art		Shinjuku	Art	website
Space Space Gallery		Komae	Art	website
Suginami Animation Museum		Suginami	Art	website
Suginami Historical Museum		Suginami	History	information, local history and culture
Suginami Science Museum	File:Suginami science center shimizu suginami tokyo.JPG	Suginami	Science	website (in Japanese)
Sugino Costume Museum		Shinagawa	Fashion	website in French
Sumida Heritage Museum		Sumida	History	website in Japanese, information, local history
Sumida Hokusai Museum		Sumida	Art	website
Sumo Museum	File:Ryogoku Kokugikan3.jpg	Sumida	Sports	website, Sumo
Suntory Museum of Art		Akasaka	Art	website
Tei-Park		Chiyoda	Media	website, information and telecommunications, postal history, insurance
TeNQ		Bunkyo	Science	website, Space museum
TEPCO Electric Energy Museum	File:Denryokukan shibuya.jpg	Shibuya	Science	website, information, electricity, operated by TEPCO
The History Museum of J-Koreans	File:History Museum of J-Koreans.JPG	Minato	History	website, history of Koreans in Japan
The University Museum, The University of Tokyo	File:The University Museum The University of Tokyo.jpg	Bunkyo	Natural history, Archeology	Museum of The University of Tokyo. website
Tobacco and Salt Museum	File:Tobacco & Salt Museum (Tokyo).JPG	Sumida	Industry	website, uses of tobacco and salt throughout history
Tobu Museum of Transport & Culture	File:Tobu-railway-1721-20180716-124353.jpg	Sumida	Railway
Toei Animation Gallery		Nerima	Art	information
Toguri Museum		Shibuya	Art	website
Tokyo Fire Museum	File:TED-museum.jpg	Shinjuku	Firefighting	information, website in Japanese
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum	File:Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.JPG	Hachiōji	Art	website, includes paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, ceramics and lacquerware, armor, swords and medallions
Tokyo Hongo Ceramics Museum		Bunkyō	Art	information, history and culture
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum	File:Tokyo metropolitan art museum01 1920.jpg	Ueno	Art
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre		Toshima	Art	Concert hall with exhibition gallery
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography	File:Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.jpg	Meguro	Art
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Museum	File:Japanese Police Museum.jpg	Chūō	Law enforcement	information, website in Japanese
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum	File:Teien art museum.jpg	Minato	Art	Art Deco house with changing exhibits
Tokyo Metropolitan Water Science Museum		Kōtō	Science	information
Tokyo National Museum	File:Tokyo National Museum, Honkan 2010.jpg	Ueno	Art	Art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan
Tokyo Metro Museum	File:Chikatetsu Museum.jpg	Edogawa	Transportation	Official website
Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum	File:Tokyo Suidou Rekisikann.jpg	Bunkyō	Science	information, information, Tokyo's water supply system
Ueno Royal Museum		Ueno	Art	information, website in Japanese
University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts		Ueno	Art	website
Waseda University Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum	File:Waseda Theatre Museum Tokyo Japan 2006-03-22.jpg	Shinjuku	Theater	History of drama
Watari Museum of Contemporary Art	File:Watarium.jpg	Shibuya	Art
Yamatane Museum		Shibuya	Art	nihonga style of Japanese watercolor painting
Yoku Moku Museum		Minato	Art	Ceramics by Picasso
Yūshūkan	File:Yasukuni Yusyukan 2.jpg	Chiyoda	Military	Japanese war casualties and military activity from the start of the Meiji Restoration to the end of the Pacific War
Zoshigaya Missionary Museum		Toshima	Historic house

See also

• List of museums in Japan

Resources

• Tokyo Tourism Information
• Travel Tokyo