Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum, sometimes known as TNM, is an art gallery located in Tokyo, Japan's Tait ward's Ueno Park. The biggest art museum in Japan, one of the largest in the world, and one of the four museums run by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, it is said to be the country's first national museum. With a concentration on ancient and medieval Japanese art and Asian art from the Silk Road, the museum gathers, maintains, and exhibits a vast collection of Asian artwork and cultural artifacts. A sizable collection of Greco-Buddhist artwork is also present. The museum is home to almost 110,000 cultural objects, including 319 Horyuji Treasures, 89 National Treasures of Japan, and 644 Important Cultural Objects.

The Tokyo National Museum houses around 10% of the 902 arts and crafts that the Japanese government has recognized as national treasures. As of 2022, there were 902 such items. Additionally, the museum is home to almost 3000 cultural objects donated by people and organizations, including 253 significant cultural objects and 55 national treasures (as of March 2019).

The facilities include the Honkan, which houses the Japanese Gallery, the Heiseikan and Hyokeikan, which host special exhibitions, the Toyokan, which houses the Asian Gallery, the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, which houses significant artifacts that were once kept in Nara's Horyu Temple, the Kuroda Memorial Hall, which houses a collection of works by Kuroda Seiki, and the Research and Information Center. The museum's grounds include dining establishments and retail establishments in addition to outdoor exhibits (such the Kuromon) and a garden where visitors may take in the changing seasons.

Detailed information:

• Founded: 1872
• Tokyo National Museum Location: Tokyo, Japan
• Tokyo National Museum Annual Visitors: 2.43 million