東京国立博物館

Tokyo National Museum

Honkan,Tokyo National Museum, at Taito-ku Tokyo Jap by Wiiii CC SA

In Brief

History Museum in Ueno, Tokyo

9:30am - 4:30pm. Varies by season

1500

Allow 2 hours

Closed: Monday, except on holidays; The day following a holiday; New Year holidays; Some irregular days

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東京国立博物館

Updated 12 June 2020

About Tokyo National Museum

The main building (Honkan) houses the Japanese Gallery at the TNM. 24 exhibition rooms house sculpture, lacquerware, metalwork, swords, modern art and traditional Ainu and Okinawan culture, spanning from the prehistoric to the Edo era.

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