Number of museums in Japan 2021, by type

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Alexandru Arba,
Nov 27, 2024
There were 2,863 history museums operating in Japan as of October 2021. The total number of museums in the country stood at 4,466 as of the time of the survey. History museums were the most common type of museums, followed by facilities concerned with art.

Number of museums in Japan in 2021, by type

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Release date

March 2023

Region

Japan

Survey time period

October 1, 2021

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museums and similar facilities

Supplementary notes

*General museums refer to museums which provide objects and materials of both human science and natural science categories.

About 1.3 thousand museum facilities that are categorized differently from these facilities were omitted from the figures.

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