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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:

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:

Museum-like facilities, etc.

These include:

Former museums

Former museums include:

Tōhoku

Aomori Prefecture

Registered museums

As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there were three registered museums in Aomori Prefecture:

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:

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:

Other related facilities
Former museums
  • Hachinohe City Museum of Art

Iwate Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Miyagi Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Akita Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Yamagata

Fukushima

Kantō

Ibaraki

Tochigi

Gunma

Saitama

Chiba

Tokyo

Kanagawa

Chūbu

Niigata

Toyama

Ishikawa

Fukui

Yamanashi

Nagano

Gifu

Shizuoka

Former museums

Aichi

Kansai

Mie

Shiga

Kyoto

Osaka

Former museums

Hyōgo

Nara

Registered museums

There are fourteen registered museums:

Museum-equivalent facilities

There are six museum-equivalent facilities:

Other museums and museum-like facilities

Wakayama

Chūgoku

Tottori Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Shimane

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Okayama

Hiroshima Prefecture

Registered museums

As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-eight registered museums in Hiroshima Prefecture:

Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hiroshima Prefecture:

Museum-like facilities, etc
Former museums

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Shikoku

Tokushima Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Kagawa Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

In addition to the above, the following are member museums of the :

Other related facilities include:

Ehime Prefecture

Registered museums

As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eighteen registered museums in Ehime Prefecture:

Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ehime Prefecture:

Museum-like facilities, etc

Kōchi Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Kyushu

Fukuoka

Saga Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Nagasaki Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc
Former facilities

Kumamoto Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

Ōita Prefecture

Registered museums

As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five registered museums in Ōita Prefecture:

Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were ten designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ōita Prefecture:

Museum-like facilities, etc.

In addition to the above, the following facilities are member museums of the :

Other facilities include:

Miyazaki Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc
Former museums

Kagoshima Prefecture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities
Museum-like facilities, etc

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:

Okinawa Prefecture

Registered museums

As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eleven registered museums in Okinawa Prefecture:

Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Okinawa Prefecture:

Museum-like facilities, etc.

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 :

References

See also