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
Ancient Orient Museum Ikebukuro Art Artifacts of the ancient Near East and Central Asia
Asakura Choso Museum Taitō Art website in Japanese, information, sculpture
Banknote and Postage Stamp Museum Shinjuku Numismatic website in Japanese, information
Bank of Japan Currency Museum Chūō Numismatic website
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
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Eisei Bunko Museum Bunkyō Art Fine art and historical documents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 Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minato-ku Diplomatic archives Museum website
Fukagawa-Edo Museum Kōtō History information, miniature reproduction of downtown Edo
Gas 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 website
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 website, information, Chinese, Korean and Japanese art
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 Chūō Sports website, Japanese and Asian kites
Kobo Gallery Chūō Art
Kodansha Noma Memorial Museum Bunkyō Art website, 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 website,

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 website National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Mitsui Memorial Museum Chūō Art website, Japanese and Asian art and decorative arts
Mitsuo Aida Museum Chūō Art website, works of calligrapher poet Mitsuo Aida
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum Marunouchi Art website Opened in April 2010, focus is 19th-century Western art
Mori Art Museum Roppongi Art Contemporary 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 website
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 website
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 website, 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
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 website, 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
Suginami Animation Museum Suginami Art website
Suginami Historical Museum Suginami History information, local history and culture
Suginami Science Museum Suginami Science
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
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 Art Space 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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