- List of museums in Tokyo
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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Bunkyō Art Fine art and historical documents Emperor Showa Memorial Museum 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 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 Planned opening in 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 affects on its sufferers National Museum Of Nature and Science 
Ueno Natural history 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 Resources
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