Visit Japan Web Tokyo National Museum
Visit Japan Web invites you to explore the Tokyo National Museum. The Tokyo National Museum, also known as TNM, is situated in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage and is esteemed as the oldest national museum in Japan. This museum is the largest art museum in Japan and one of the largest in the world. The extensive collection focuses on artwork and cultural objects from Asia, particularly ancient and medieval Japanese art, Asian art along the Silk Road, and a significant collection of Greco-Buddhist art.
As of April 2023, the museum housed approximately 120,000 Cultural Properties, including National Treasures, Horyuji Treasures, and Important Cultural Properties. Additionally, the Japanese government had designated 902 works of art and crafts as National Treasures. Therefore, the museum holds about 10% of the works designated as National Treasures and 6% designated as Important Cultural Properties. The museum also holds cultural properties deposited by individuals and organizations and conducts research and educational events related to its collection.
The Tokyo National Museum is part of a group of four museums overseen by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. While it exhibits a broad range of Japanese cultural assets, the other national museums have more collections in specific areas. The Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art oversees seven museums focusing on specialized fields. Additionally, two museums managed by the National Institutes for the Humanities specialize in folklore. The Museum of the Imperial Collections showcases cultural assets donated to the nation by the Japanese imperial family.
