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.
As of 1 November 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were forty-five registered museums in Hokkaidà Â:
As of 10 February 2015, in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-one designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hokkaidà Â:
These include:
Former museums include:
As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there were three registered museums in Aomori Prefecture:
As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there was one designated museum-equivalent facility in Aomori Prefecture:
As of 31 March 2020, and as listed by the Aomori Prefectural Government, there were eighty-four museum-like facilities in Aomori Prefecture, including:
There are fourteen registered museums:
There are six museum-equivalent facilities:
As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-eight registered museums in Hiroshima Prefecture:
As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hiroshima Prefecture:
In addition to the above, the following are member museums of the :
Other related facilities include:
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eighteen registered museums in Ehime Prefecture:
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ehime Prefecture:
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five registered museums in à Âita Prefecture:
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were ten designated museum-equivalent facilities in à Âita Prefecture:
In addition to the above, the following facilities are member museums of the :
Other facilities include:
As of 20 June 2019, other than the above, the following were members of the :
In addition to the above, the following facilities are in Kagoshima Prefecture:
As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eleven registered museums in Okinawa Prefecture:
As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Okinawa Prefecture:
In addition to the above, and as of 1 May 2018, the Okinawa Prefectural Government lists the following facilities:
In addition to the above, the following appear on the list of member museums of the :