Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo · founded 1872
The Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. The museum collects, preserves, and displays a comprehensive collection of artwork and cultural objects from Asia, with a focus on ancient and medieval Japanese art and Asian art along the Silk Road.
- Visitors a year
- 2.4MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1872Founded
What to see
Pine Trees
Hasegawa Tōhaku, 1580.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga
Toba Sōjō, 1150.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Wind God and Thunder God
Ogata Kōrin, 1800.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Cypress Trees
Kanō Eitoku, 1590.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Haboku sansui
Sesshū Tōyō, 1495.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Dōjigiri
Yasutsuna.
At the museum · Photo by Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.tnm.jp before you travel.
Getting there
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On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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