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.

[1] As of 1 November 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were forty-five registered museums in Hokkaidō:[2] As of 10 February 2015, in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-one designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hokkaidō:[2] These include: Former museums include: As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there were three registered museums in Aomori Prefecture:[3] As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there was one designated museum-equivalent facility in Aomori Prefecture:[3] As of 31 March 2020, and as listed by the Aomori Prefectural Government, there were eighty-four museum-like facilities in Aomori Prefecture, including:[3] There are fourteen registered museums:[4] There are six museum-equivalent facilities:[4] As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-eight registered museums in Hiroshima Prefecture:[5] As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hiroshima Prefecture:[5] In addition to the above, the following are member museums of the Kagawa Museum Association (香川県資料館協議会):[6] Other related facilities include: As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eighteen registered museums in Ehime Prefecture:[7] As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ehime Prefecture:[7] As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five registered museums in Ōita Prefecture:[8] As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were ten designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ōita Prefecture:[8] In addition to the above, the following facilities are member museums of the Ōita Prefectural Museum Council (大分県博物館協議会):[9] Other facilities include: As of 20 June 2019, other than the above, the following were members of the Kagoshima Prefecture Museum Association (鹿児島県博物館協会):[10][11] 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:[13] As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Okinawa Prefecture:[13] In addition to the above, and as of 1 May 2018, the Okinawa Prefectural Government lists the following facilities:[13] In addition to the above, the following appear on the list of member museums of the Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society (沖縄県博物館協会):[12]