List of museums in Tokyo
The following is a list of museums and art galleries in Tokyo. To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.
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Museum Name | Image | District or Ward | Type | Summary |
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Ancient Orient Museum | Ikebukuro | Art | Artifacts of the ancient Near East and Central Asia | |
Asakura Museum of Sculpture | Taitō | Art | website in Japanese, information, sculpture | |
Banknote and Postage Stamp Museum | Shinjuku | Numismatic | website in Japanese, information | |
Beer Museum Yebisu | Shibuya | Food | website, history, science and culture of beer | |
Bicycle Culture Center | Chiyoda | Transport | website | |
Bridgestone Museum of Art | Chūō | Art | Includes Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and twentieth-century art, Ancient Greek ceramics | |
Bunkamura | 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 Historical Museum | Bunkyō | History | website in Japanese, information, history and culture | |
Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage | Koto | History | Information and artifacts regarding the bombing of Tokyo | |
Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan | 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 | Ryōgoku | History | History of Tokyo | |
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum | Koganei | Open air | Historic Japanese buildings. | |
Eisei Bunko Museum | Bunkyō | Art | Fine art and historical documents | |
Emperor Showa Memorial Museum | 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 | 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 | Mitaka | Art | Animation work of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli | |
Gotoh Museum | Setagaya | Art | Classical Japanese and Chinese art | |
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art | Shinagawa | Art | Media includes art, design, architecture, music and dance | |
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 | |
Idemitsu Museum of Arts | Marunouchi | Art | Features a collection of Japanese painting and calligraphy, and East Asian ceramics | |
Industrial Safety Museum & Theater | Minato | Industry | website | |
Itabashi Ward Public Ecopolis Center | Marunouchi | Science | information | |
JAXA i | Chiyoda | Science | website, aerospace science, operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | |
Japan Football Museum | Bunkyō | Sports | website, information, soccer in Japan | |
Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame | 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 | 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 | Bunkyō | Art | Art and cultural treasures | |
Koishikawa Annex, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo | Bunkyō | Natural history | Research museum only | |
Koishikawa Ukiyo-e Art Museum | Bunkyō | Art | Ukiyo-e paintings | |
Kyodo no mori | Fuchū | Open air | ||
Matsuoka Museum of Art | Shirokanedai | Art | website, description of collections | |
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 | 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 | Shinjuku | Music | Life and works of musician Michio Miyagi | |
Min-On Music Museum | Shinjuku | Music | website in Japanese, information | |
Miraikan | Odaiba | Science | National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation | |
Mitsui Memorial Museum | Chūō | Art | Japanese and Asian art and decorative arts | |
Mitsuo Aida Museum | Chūō | Art | website, works of calligrapher poet Mitsuo Aida | |
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum | Marunouchi | Art | Focus is 19th-century Western art | |
Mori Art Museum | Roppongi | Art | Contemporary art | |
Musée Tomo | 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 | Kōtō | Art | In Kiba | |
Museum of Logistics | Minato | Transportation | website in Japanese, information | |
Museum of Maritime Science | Odaiba | Maritime | Japanese boats, the Navy, shipping, fishing, sailing, maritime recreation, ship design and building, marine environment | |
Museum of the Imperial Collections | Chiyoda | Art | Changing exhibition of a part of the imperial household treasures | |
NHK Museum of Broadcasting | Minato | Media | website, history of broadcasting in Japan | |
NTT InterCommunication Center | Shinjuku | Art | Media art | |
National Art Center | Roppongi | Art | 20th-century painting and modern art | |
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Observatory History Museum | Mitaka | Science | Astronomy | |
National Hansen's Disease Museum | Higashimurayama | Science | History of Hansen's disease (leprosy) in Japan and its effects on its sufferers | |
National Museum of Nature and Science | Ueno | Natural history | Natural history and interactive science exhibits | |
National Museum of Modern Art | Chiyoda | Art | ||
National Museum of Western Art | Ueno | Art | Art from the Western tradition | |
National Showa Memorial Museum | 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 | |
New Otani Art Museum | Chiyoda | Art | Modern art from France and Japan | |
Nezu Museum | Minato | Art | Japanese and other Asian pre-modern arts, including arts related to tea | |
O Art Museum | Ōsaki | Art | website | |
Okura Shukokan | 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 | |
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 | 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 | 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 | Shinjuku | Science | information, part of the Tokyo University of Science, history of the University, calculators and computers and Japan | |
Ryōgoku Kokugikan Sumo Museum | Sumida | Sports | website | |
Safety Promotion Center | Ōta | Aerospace | Aviation safety, open by reservation | |
Science Museum, Tokyo | Chiyoda | Science | website | |
Sekine Kunen Shodo Museum | Taitō | Art | information, calligraphy | |
Setagaya Art Museum | Setagaya | Art | ||
Setagaya Museum of History | Setagaya | History | information, information, local history | |
Shinjuku Historical Museum | Shinjuku | History | website in Japanese, information, local history | |
Shitamachi Museum | Ueno | History | Traditional culture of Tokyo's Shitamachi | |
Shoto Museum of Art | 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 | Suginami | Science | website (Japanese) | |
Sugino Costume Museum | Shinagawa | Fashion | website in French | |
Sumida Heritage Museum | Sumida | History | website in Japanese, information, local history | |
Suntory Museum of Art | Roppongi | Art | website | |
Tei-Park | Chiyoda | Media | website, information and telecommunications, postal history, insurance | |
TeNQ | Bunkyo | Science | website, Space museum | |
TEPCO Electric Energy Museum | Shibuya | Science | website, information, electricity, operated by TEPCO | |
Tobacco and Salt Museum | Shibuya | Industry | website, uses of tobacco and salt throughout history | |
Tobu Museum of Transport & Culture | Sumida | Railway | ||
Toei Animation Gallery | Nerima | Art | information | |
Tokyo Fire Museum | Shinjuku | Firefighting | information, website in Japanese | |
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum | 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 | Ueno | Art | ||
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre | Toshima | Art | Concert hall with exhibition gallery | |
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography | Meguro | Art | ||
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Museum | Chūō | Law enforcement | information, website in Japanese | |
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum | Minato | Art | Art Deco house with changing exhibits | |
Tokyo Metropolitan Water Science Museum | Kōtō | Science | information | |
Tokyo National Museum | Ueno | Art | Art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan | |
Tokyo Subway Museum | Edogawa | Transportation | information | |
Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum | 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 | Shinjuku | Theater | History of drama | |
Watari Museum of Contemporary Art | Shibuya | Art | ||
Yamatane Museum | Shibuya | Art | nihonga style of Japanese watercolor painting | |
Yūshūkan | 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 | ||
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