List of museums in Japan

This is a list of museums in Japan.

As of October 2018, there were 5,738 museums in Japan. This total comprises, in line with the Museum Act, 914 registered museums, 372 designated museum-equivalent facilities, and 4,452 museum-like facilities.

Registered museums
As of 1 November 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were forty-five registered museums in Hokkaidō:
 * Abashiri City Folk Museum
 * Abashiri City Museum of Art
 * Abashiri Prison Museum
 * Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum
 * Arai Memorial Museum of Art
 * Asahikawa City Museum
 * Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture in Honour of Nakahara Teijirō
 * Asahikawa Science Center
 * Bihoro Museum
 * Date City Museum of History and Culture
 * Hakodate City Museum
 * Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center
 * Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaidō
 * Hidaka Mountains Museum
 * Hiroo Town Marine Museum
 * Hokkaidō Asahikawa Museum of Art
 * Hokkaidō Museum of Literature
 * Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art
 * Hokkaidō Museum of Northern Peoples
 * Hokkaidō Obihiro Museum of Art
 * Kan Yasuda Sculpture Museum – Arte Piazza Bibai
 * Kitaichi Venetian Art Museum
 * Kitami Region Museum of Science History and Art
 * Kushiro Art Museum, Hokkaidō
 * Kushiro City Museum
 * Kushiro City Museum of Art
 * Migishi Kōtarō Museum of Art, Hokkaidō
 * Mikasa City Museum
 * Miura Ayako Literature Museum
 * Monbetsu City Museum
 * Mukawa Town Hobetsu Museum
 * Nayoro City Kitaguni Museum
 * Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum
 * Obihiro Centennial City Museum
 * Otaru City General Museum
 * Otaru City Museum of Art
 * Otaru City Museum of Literature
 * Rishiri Town Museum
 * Sapporo Science Center
 * Shibetsu City Museum
 * Shinhidaka Town Museum
 * Tomakomai Art Museum
 * Tomakomai City Science Center
 * Urakawa Town Museum
 * Shiretoko Museum

Designated museum-equivalent facilities
As of 10 February 2015, in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-one designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hokkaidō:
 * Akkeshi Marine Station Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaidō University
 * Asahikawa Tondenhei Village Museum
 * Chitose Salmon Aquarium
 * Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaidō University
 * Fukuhara Memorial Museum
 * Historical Village of Hokkaidō
 * Hongō Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo
 * Kushiro Children's Museum
 * Lake Utonai Sanctuary Nature Center
 * Muroran City Youth Science Museum
 * Muroran Folklore and Historic Museum
 * Nemuro City Museum of History and Nature
 * Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe
 * Noboribetsu Bear Park
 * Obihiro Zoo
 * Otaru Aquarium
 * Sapporo Art Museum
 * Sapporo Maruyama Zoo
 * Sendai Clan, Shiraoi Manor House Museum
 * Kanda Nisshō Memorial Museum of Art
 * Yūbari Coal Mine Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc.
These include:
 * Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum
 * Edwin Dun Memorial Museum
 * Ebetsu City Historical Museum
 * Ebetsu Glass Crafts Museum
 * Eniwa City Historical Museum
 * Esashi Town Historical Museum
 * Hakodate City Museum of Literature
 * Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples
 * Historical Museum of the Saru River
 * Hokkaidō Archaeological Operations Center
 * Hokkaidō Museum
 * Hokkaidō Railway Technology Museum
 * Hokkaidō University Botanical Gardens
 * Hokkaidō University Museum
 * Hokuchin Memorial Museum
 * Hokuto City Hometown Museum
 * Ishikari City Hamamasu Folk Museum
 * Kayano Shigeru Nibutani Ainu Museum
 * Kikonai Town Museum
 * Kitami Mint Memorial Museum
 * Matsumae Town Historical Museum
 * Miyanomori Art Museum
 * Museum of Soils and Ploughs of the World
 * Nanae Historical Museum
 * National Ainu Museum
 * Okhotsk Museum Esashi
 * Otaru Music Box Museum
 * Pierson Memorial House
 * Rausu Municipal Museum
 * Rebun Town Historical Museum
 * Sapporo Beer Museum
 * Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center
 * Shellfish Museum of Rankoshi
 * Shibetsu Salmon Science Museum
 * Shinhidaka Ainu Museum
 * Shintotsukawa Town Historical Museum
 * Taiho Sumo Museum
 * Takikawa Local History Museum
 * Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History
 * Urahoro Town Museum
 * Wakkanai Karafuto Museum
 * Yakumo Town Museum
 * Yasushi Inoue Memorial Hall
 * Yoichi Fisheries Museum

Former museums
Former museums include:
 * Ainu Museum

Registered museums
As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there were three registered museums in Aomori Prefecture:
 * Aomori Prefectural Museum
 * Hachinohe City Museum
 * Hirosaki City Museum

Designated museum-equivalent facilities
As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there was one designated museum-equivalent facility in Aomori Prefecture:
 * Aomori Museum of Art

Museum-like facilities
As of 31 March 2020, and as listed by the Aomori Prefectural Government, there were eighty-four museum-like facilities in Aomori Prefecture, including:
 * Aomori City Forestry Museum
 * Aomori City Mediaeval Museum (Chūsei no Yakata)
 * Aomori Museum of History
 * Hakkōda Mountains Incident Museum
 * Hirosaki Castle Botanical Gardens
 * Hirosaki Castle Museum
 * Hirosaki City Local Literature Museum
 * Korekawa Archaeological Institution (Korekawa Jōmon Kan)
 * Kushihiki Hachiman-gū Museum of National Treasures
 * Dazai Osamu Memorial Museum
 * Misawa Aviation & Science Museum
 * Munakata Shikō Memorial Museum of Art
 * Sanmaru Museum
 * Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art
 * Terayama Shūji Memorial Museum
 * Takaoka no Mori Historical Museum of Hirosaki Clan
 * Towada Art Center
 * Tsugaru-han Neputa Village
 * Tsugaru Kokeshi Museum

Other related facilities

 * Andō Shōeki Museum
 * Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse
 * Nitobe Memorial Museum
 * Tachineputa Museum

Former museums

 * Hachinohe City Museum of Art

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Goshono Jōmon Museum
 * Hanamaki City Museum
 * Hekishōji Museum
 * Iwate Museum of Art
 * Iwate Prefectural Museum
 * Kitakami City Museum
 * Miyazawa Kenji Memorial Museum
 * Ōfunato City Museum
 * Ōshū City Cattle Museum
 * Tōno City Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Hachimantai City Museum
 * Satō Hachirō Memorial Museum
 * Hanamaki City Museum of History and Folklore
 * Hara Kei Memorial Museum
 * Ichinoseki City Museum
 * Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum
 * Kikuta Kazuo Memorial Museum
 * Michinoku Folk Village
 * Mifune Kyūzō Memorial Museum
 * Morioka History and Culture Museum
 * Stone and Kenji Museum
 * Toneyama Kōjin Memorial Art Museum
 * Tōno Folktale Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Aoba Castle Museum
 * Fukushima Art Museum
 * The Miyagi Museum of Art
 * Ōsaki City Matsuyama Furusato History Museum
 * Rias Ark Museum of Art
 * Rikuzentakata City Museum
 * Sendai City Museum
 * Kami Town Serisawa Chōsuke Tōhoku Ceramic Culture Museum
 * Tōhoku Gakuin University Museum
 * Tōhoku History Museum
 * Tōhoku Fukushi University Serizawa Keisuke Art and Craft Museum
 * Zuigan-ji Treasure Hall Seiryūden

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * 3M Sendai Science Museum
 * Bansui Sōdō
 * Botanical Garden of Tōhoku University
 * Daigigakoi Shell Mound Museum
 * Fujita Kyōhei Museum of Glass
 * Hara Asao Memorial Museum
 * Ishinomori Manga Museum
 * Ishinomori Shōtarō Furusato Memorial Museum
 * Kankaku Museum
 * Kanno Museum of Art
 * Kanrantei & Matsushima Museum
 * Kazenosawa Museum
 * Kesennuma City Ōtani Mine History Museum
 * Museum of Kamei Collection
 * Nakamoto Seishi Contemporary Art Museum
 * Ōhira-mura Furusato Museum of Art
 * Police Museum
 * Saitō Garden Museum
 * Sannō-Gakoi Site Museum
 * Satohama Shell Mound & Historical Museum of Jōmon Village, Oku-Matsushima
 * Satoru Satō Art Museum
 * Sendai Astronomical Observatory
 * Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum
 * Sendai City War Reconstruction Memorial Hall
 * Sendai City Wild Plants Garden
 * Sendai Kaleidoscope Museum
 * Sendai Literature Museum
 * Shiogama Jinja Museum
 * Shiogama Sugimura Jun Museum of Art
 * Tanabata Museum
 * Tōhoku University Museum
 * Tome City History Museum
 * Toyoma Education Museum
 * Zuihōden Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Akita Museum of Art
 * Akita Museum of Modern Art
 * Akita Prefectural Museum
 * Akita Senshū Museum of Art
 * Kitaakita City Hamabe no Uta Music Hall
 * Kosaka Town Museum
 * Omono River Local Museum
 * Polder Museum of Ōgata-Mura

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Mining Museum of Akita University
 * Ōmura Museum of Art
 * Satake Historical Museum
 * Yokote Masuda Manga Museum

Yamagata

 * Abumiya
 * Chidō Museum
 * Chidōkan (Tsuruoka)
 * Dewazakura Museum of Art
 * Domon Ken Photography Museum
 * Homma Museum of Art
 * Kaminoyama Castle
 * Matsuoka Kaikonjo
 * Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum
 * Sakata City Museum of Art
 * Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum
 * Yamagata Museum of Art
 * Yamagata Prefectural Museum
 * Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum

Fukushima

 * Aizuwakamatsu Castle
 * Fukushima Museum
 * Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
 * Iwaki City Archaeological Museum
 * Kōriyama City Museum of Art
 * Morohashi Museum of Modern Art
 * Picture Book Museum, Iwaki City
 * Takizawa Honjin

Ibaraki

 * Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History
 * Science Museum of Map and Survey
 * Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki

Tochigi

 * Bandai Museum
 * Honda Collection Hall
 * Kurita Museum
 * Utsunomiya Museum of Art
 * Tochigi Prefectural Museum
 * Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts

Gunma

 * Asama Volcano Museum
 * Gunma Insect World
 * The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
 * Okawa Museum of Art
 * Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park

Saitama

 * Hachigata Castle
 * John Lennon Museum
 * Railway Museum (Saitama)
 * Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
 * Tokorozawa Aviation Museum

Chiba

 * Chiba Museum of Science and Industry
 * Hoki Museum
 * Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art
 * Kururi Castle
 * National Museum of Japanese History
 * Ōtaki Castle (Chiba)
 * Sekiyado Castle
 * Tateyama Castle

Kanagawa

 * Hakone Open-Air Museum
 * Hara Model Railway Museum
 * Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama
 * Japanese battleship Mikasa
 * Kamakura Museum of Literature
 * Kamakura Museum of National Treasures
 * Kanazawa Bunko
 * Lalique Museum Hakone
 * Museum of Tin Toys
 * Nihon Minka-en
 * Nissan Engine Museum
 * Number Nine Research Laboratory
 * NYK Maritime Museum
 * Odawara Castle
 * Pola Museum of Art
 * Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum
 * Taro Okamoto Museum of Art
 * Toshiba Science Institute
 * Yamate Museum
 * Yokohama Archives of History
 * Yokohama Customs Museum
 * Yokohama History Museum
 * Yokohama Museum of Art
 * Yokohama Port Museum
 * Yokohama Science Center
 * Yokohama Silk Museum

Niigata

 * Former Niigata Customs House
 * Joetsu aquarium
 * Niigata City History Museum
 * Niigata Prefectural Museum of History
 * Northern Culture Museum

Toyama

 * Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
 * Toyama Castle

Ishikawa

 * 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
 * Ishikawa Aviation Plaza
 * Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum
 * Ishikawa Prefectural History Museum
 * Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
 * Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts
 * Kanazawa Phonograph Museum
 * Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum
 * Kanazawa Yuwaku Yumeji-kan Museum
 * Murō Saisei Memorial Museum
 * Nippon Origami Museum
 * Notojima Aquarium

Fukui

 * Brief Messages from the Heart Museum
 * Fukui Fine Arts Museum
 * Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
 * Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
 * Fukui Prefectural Varve Museum
 * Maruoka Castle
 * Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum
 * Wakasa Mikata Jōmon Museum

Yamanashi

 * Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts
 * Maizuru Castle Park
 * Nakamura Keith Haring Collection
 * Yamanashi Prefectural Museum
 * Yamanashi Science Museum

Nagano

 * Hijiri Museum
 * Japan Ukiyo-e Museum
 * Jōkyō Gimin Memorial Museum
 * Kaichi School Museum
 * Kitano Museum of Art
 * Lake Nojiri Naumann Elephant Museum
 * Matsumoto Castle
 * Matsushiro Literary and Military School
 * Saku Children's Science Dome for the Future
 * Sunritz Hattori Museum of Arts
 * Togariishi Museum of Jōmon Archaeology

Gifu

 * Cormorant Fishing House
 * Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum
 * Enkū Museum
 * Gifu Castle
 * Gifu City Museum of History
 * Gifu City Science Museum
 * Gifu Prefectural Museum
 * Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village
 * Hikaru Memorial Hall
 * Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
 * Nawa Insect Museum
 * Ōgaki Castle
 * Ōta-juku Nakasendō Museum
 * Solar Ark
 * Sunomata Castle

Shizuoka

 * Arai Barrier
 * Hamamatsu Castle
 * Kakegawa Castle
 * MOA Museum of Art
 * Sano Art Museum
 * Shijimizuka site
 * Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
 * Toi Gold Museum
 * Uehara Museum of Modern Art
 * Yokosuka Castle

Former museums

 * Sakuma Rail Park

Aichi

 * Aichi Arts Center
 * Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
 * Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum
 * Electricity Museum, Nagoya
 * Hekinan aquarium
 * Inuyama Castle
 * International Design Centre Nagoya
 * Iwasaki Castle
 * Japan Spinning Top Museum
 * Kiyosu Castle
 * Koromo Castle
 * Little World Museum of Man
 * Masamura Pachinko Museum
 * Meiji Mura
 * Nagoya Castle
 * Nagoya City Art Museum
 * Nagoya City Museum
 * Nagoya City Science Museum
 * Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum
 * Nagoya Noh Theater
 * Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
 * Nishio Castle
 * Noritake Garden
 * Okazaki Castle
 * SCMaglev and Railway Park
 * Tahara Castle
 * Tokugawa Art Museum
 * Toyohashi City Museum Art and History
 * Toyota Automobile Museum
 * Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
 * Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
 * Yoshida Castle

Mie

 * Iga Ueno Castle
 * Iga-ryū Ninja Museum
 * Natsumi Temple complex
 * Saikū

Shiga

 * Hikone Castle
 * Kawara Museum
 * Miho Museum
 * Minakuchi Castle
 * Nagahama Castle
 * Sagawa Art Museum
 * Lake Biwa Museum

Kyoto

 * Asahi beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art
 * Fukuchiyama Castle
 * Koryo Museum of Art
 * Kyoto Art Center
 * Kyoto City History Museum
 * Kyoto International Manga Museum
 * Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
 * Kyoto Museum for World Peace
 * Kyoto National Museum
 * National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
 * Ōkōchi Sansō
 * Ryozen Museum of History
 * Sen-oku Hakuko Kan
 * The Tale of Genji Museum
 * Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum

Osaka

 * Abeno Harukas Art Museum
 * CupNoodles Museum Osaka Ikeda
 * Fujita Art Museum
 * Itsuō Art Museum
 * Kishiwada Castle
 * Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi
 * Liberty Osaka
 * Masaki Art Museum
 * Modern Transportation Museum
 * Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
 * Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
 * National Museum of Art, Osaka
 * National Museum of Ethnology (Japan)
 * Osaka Castle
 * Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
 * Osaka Contemporary Art Center
 * Osaka International Peace Center
 * Osaka Maritime Museum
 * Osaka Museum of History
 * Osaka Museum of Natural History
 * Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum
 * Osaka Science Museum
 * Sakai City Museum
 * Yuki Museum of Art

Former museums

 * Osaka City Museum

Hyōgo

 * Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum
 * Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art
 * Kobe Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall
 * Kobe City Museum
 * Kobe City Museum of Literature
 * Kobe Maritime Museum
 * Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

Registered museums
There are fourteen registered museums:
 * The City Museum of Gojō Culture
 * Daiki Osyou Folk Craft Museum
 * Kashiba Municipal Nijōsan Museum
 * Kashihara City Museum of History
 * Kashihara City Museum of Insects
 * Kasuga Taisha Kokuhōden
 * Kasuga Taisha Manyō Botanical Garden
 * Katsuragi City History Museum
 * Kita Museum of Art
 * The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
 * Nakano Museum of Art
 * Neiraku Museum
 * Shōhaku Art Museum
 * Suiheisha Museum

Museum-equivalent facilities
There are six museum-equivalent facilities:
 * Hōryū-ji Daihōzōden
 * The Museum of Tezukayama University
 * The Museum Yamato Bunkakan
 * Nara University Museum
 * Takamatsuzuka Mural Hall
 * Tenri University Sankōkan Museum

Other museums and museum-like facilities

 * Asuka Historical Museum
 * Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City
 * Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum
 * Nara City Historical Materials Preservation House
 * Nara Municipal Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre
 * Nara National Museum
 * Nara Palace Site Museum
 * Nara Prefecture Complex of Man'yo Culture
 * Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
 * Nara Prefectural Museum of Folklore
 * Tomimoto Kenkichi Memorial Museum

Wakayama

 * Kushimoto Turkish Memorial and Museum
 * Wakayama Castle
 * Wakayama City Museum
 * Wakayama Prefectural Museum
 * Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Kurayoshi Museum
 * Tottori City Historical Museum
 * Tottori Folk Crafts Museum
 * Tottori Prefectural Museum
 * Watanabe Art Museum
 * Yonago City Museum of Art

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Aoyakamiji Site Exhibition Hall
 * Aoya Local Museum
 * Aoyama Gōshō Furusatokan
 * Aoya Washi Workshop
 * Asia Museum - Inoue Yasushi Memorial Museum
 * Chiisana Yume Art Museum
 * Daisen-ji Hōmotsukan Reihōkaku
 * Daisen Museum of Nature and History
 * Enchō-en Chinese Garden
 * Enkei Theater Kurayoshi Figure Museum
 * Hiezu Village Folk Museum
 * Hino Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Hōjō History and Folklore Museum
 * Hōki Sangaku Art Museum
 * Hyōnosen Nature Museum, Hibikinomori
 * Ikemoto Yoshimi Little Museum Of Photography
 * Inaba Man-yō History Pavilion
 * Ishitani Residence
 * Japan-Korea Friendship Museum
 * Jinsho no Yakata
 * Jinpūkaku
 * Kameda Masakazu Memorial Museum
 * Kamiyodo Hakuhō-no-Oka Exhibition Hall
 * Kōfu Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Kotoura Lifelong Learning Center
 * Kurayoshi Line Railway Memorial Museum
 * Misasa Violin Museum
 * Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum
 * Mount Oshiroyama Observation Deck Kawahara Castle
 * Nagashibina Doll Museum
 * Nichinan Town Art Museum
 * Nishikawa Katsumi Film Museum
 * Saji Astro Park
 * Mitokusan Sanbutsu-ji Treasure Hall
 * Sand Museum
 * San'in Kaigan Geopark Museum of the Earth and Sea
 * Shiotani Teikō Memorial Photo Gallery
 * Tottori College Kasuri Museum
 * Tottori Hanakairō Flower Park
 * Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum
 * Tottori Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center
 * Tottori Prefectural Muki Banda Historic Site Park
 * Ueda Shōji Museum of Photography
 * Umi to Kurashi no Shiryōkan
 * Wakasa Kyōdo Bunka-no-Sato
 * Warabekan
 * Yonago City Fukuichi Archaeology Museum
 * Municipal Yonago Historical Museum
 * Yonago San'in Historical Museum
 * Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary
 * Yukamuri Gallery - Osaki Midori Museum
 * Yumeminato Tower
 * Yurihama Town Hawai History and Folklore Museum
 * Yūsei Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Abe Eishirō Memorial Museum
 * Adachi Museum of Art
 * Hamada Children's Museum of Art
 * Hirata Honjin Memorial Museum
 * Imaoka Art Museum
 * Itohara Memorial Museum
 * Iwami Adachi Art Museum
 * Iwami Art Museum
 * Izumo Taisha Hōmotsuden
 * Kabeya Shūseikan
 * Kamei History Hall
 * Kanō Art Museum
 * Matsue History Museum
 * Sekishō Art Museum
 * Shimane Art Museum
 * Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo
 * Tanabe Art Museum
 * Tezen Museum
 * Wakō Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Ama Town Gotobain Museum
 * Anno Mitsumasa Art Museum
 * Hamada Local History Museum
 * Hanzake Nature Museum of Mizuho
 * Imai Museum
 * Iwami Ginzan Museum
 * Izumo Cultural Heritage Museum
 * Izumo Folk Crafts Museum
 * Izumo Science Center
 * Izumo Tamatsukuri Museum
 * Izumo Yayoi-no-Mori Museum
 * Kōjindani Archaeological Museum
 * Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
 * Matsue Castle
 * Nakamura Hajime Memorial Museum
 * Nima Sand Museum
 * Oki Kyōdokan
 * Okuizumo Tane Museum of Natural History
 * Okuizumo Tatara Sword Museum
 * Sanbe-Azukihara Buried Forest Park
 * Sesshū Memorial Museum
 * Shimane Prefectural Sanbe Nature Museum Sahimeru
 * Shimane Prefectural Yakumotatsu Fudoki-no-Oka Museum
 * Tsuwano Japan Heritage Centre
 * Yunotsu Yakimono no Sato

Okayama

 * Bizen Traditional Industry Hall, located in Imbe Station
 * Okayama Prefecture Bizen Ceramics Museum
 * Hayashibara Museum of Art
 * Kawasaki Medical School
 * Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art
 * Ohara Museum of Art
 * Okayama Castle
 * Okayama Orient Museum
 * Okayama Prefectural Museum
 * Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
 * Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum
 * Yumeji Art Museum

Registered museums
As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-eight registered museums in Hiroshima Prefecture:
 * Akitakata City History and Folk Museum
 * Fukuyama Auto & Clock Museum
 * Fukuyama Castle Museum
 * Fukuyama City Shinichi Museum of History and Folklore
 * Fukuyama Museum of Art
 * Hirayama Ikuo Museum of Art
 * Hiroshima Castle
 * Hiroshima Children's Museum
 * Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
 * Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
 * Hiroshima City Museum of History and Traditional Crafts
 * Hiroshima City Transportation Museum
 * Hiroshima Museum of Art
 * Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
 * Hiroshima Prefectural History and Folklore Museum
 * Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History
 * Hiwa Natural Science Museum
 * Itsukushima Jinja Hōmotsukan
 * Izumi Museum of Art
 * Kōsan-ji Museum
 * Kure Municipal Museum of Art
 * Onomichi City Museum of Art
 * Rai San'yō Historic Site Museum
 * Shibuya Art Museum
 * Taishaku Gorge Museum Jiyūkan
 * Takehara Museum of Art
 * Umi-Mori Art Museum
 * Wood One Museum of Art

Designated museum-equivalent facilities
As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hiroshima Prefecture:
 * Fude-no-Sato Kōbō
 * Fukuyama City Zoo
 * Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park
 * Hiroshima University Museum
 * Miyajima Public Aquarium

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Atatajima Lighthouse Museum
 * Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum
 * Fukuyama City Human Rights Peace Museum
 * Fukuyama City Kannabe Historical Folklore Museum
 * Fukuyama City Tomonoura Museum of History and Folklore
 * Fukuyama Museum of Literature
 * Health Sciences Museum
 * Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art
 * Hiroshima Botanical Garden
 * Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
 * Hiroshima Teishin Hospital Former Outpatients Ward Exhibition Room
 * Holocaust Education Center
 * Hon'inbō Shūsaku Igo Memorial Museum
 * Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
 * Innoshima Flower Center
 * Innoshima Suigun Castle
 * Irifuneyama Memorial Museum
 * Iroha-maru Tenjikan
 * Japan Coast Guard Museum
 * JMSDF Kure Museum
 * Kuchiwa Historical Museum
 * Matsunaga Footwear Museum
 * Mazda Museum
 * Nakagawa Art Museum
 * Nakata Museum
 * Okuda Gensō Sayume Art Museum
 * Ōkunoshima Poison Gas Museum
 * Onomichi Film Museum
 * Onomichi Historical Museum
 * Onomichi Mansion of Literature
 * Yachiyo no Oka Museum of Art
 * Yamato Museum

Former museums

 * Glass Village (Garasu no Sato) Museum
 * Japan Folk Toy and Doll Museum
 * Japan Footwear Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * The Hagi Museum
 * Hagi Uragami Museum
 * Iwakuni Art Museum
 * Iwakuni Chōkokan
 * Kikkawa Historical Museum
 * Kumaya Art Museum
 * Mōri Museum
 * Nomura Art Museum
 * Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum
 * Shimonoseki City Art Museum
 * Shimonoseki City Museum of History
 * Shūnan City Museum of Art and History
 * Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
 * Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
 * Yoshika Taiba Memorial Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Hoshino Tetsurō Museum
 * Kaiten Memorial Museum
 * Murata Seifū Memorial Museum
 * Museum of Japanese Emigration to Hawaii
 * Mutsu Memorial Museum
 * Nakahara Chūya Memorial Museum
 * Ube Tokiwa Museum
 * Yamaguchi Prefectural Government Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper
 * Matsushige Town Museum of History and Folklore - Ningyō Jōruri Theater Museum
 * Ōtsuka Museum of Art
 * Tokushima Archaeological Museum
 * Tokushima Castle Museum
 * Tokushima Modern Art Museum
 * Tokushima Prefectural Museum
 * Tokushima Prefectural Torii Ryūzō Memorial Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Ai no Yakata
 * Aioi Shinrin Museum of Art
 * Ataka Museum of Art
 * Anan Awa Kubō Folk Museum
 * Awa City Donari Historical Museum
 * Awa Ikeda Tobacco Museum - Awa Ikeda Udatsu House
 * Awa Odori Kaikan
 * Heike Yashiki Museum of Folklore
 * Hiwasa Chelonian Museum Caretta
 * Kagawa Toyohiko Memorial Museum
 * Kaiyō Town Museum
 * Kawata Folk Museum
 * Mima Kyōdo Museum
 * Misato Hotaru Museum
 * Moraes Museum
 * Naruto Galle No Mori Art Museum
 * Naruto German House
 * Ōnaruto Bridge Memorial Museum
 * Sūō Art Museum
 * Tokushima Botanical Garden
 * Tokushima City Tenguhisa Museum
 * Tokushima Prefectural Awa Jūrōbe Yashiki
 * Tokushima Prefectural Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre
 * Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Literature and Calligraphy
 * Tokushima Science Museum
 * Tokushima War Dead Memorial Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Chichū Art Museum
 * Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
 * The Kagawa Museum
 * Kamada Museum
 * Kotohira-gū Museum
 * Shikoku Mura
 * Takamatsu Art Museum
 * Takamatsu City Stone Folk Museum
 * Takamatsu Historical Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc
In addition to the above, the following are member museums of the Kagawa Museum Association (香川県資料館協議会):
 * Araki Kazuo Memorial Folk Tool Museum (Sanuki Senshintei)* Ayagawa Lifelong Learning Center
 * Henro Exchange Salon
 * Higashikagawa City History and Folk Museum
 * Hiraga Gennai Memorial Museum
 * Ibukijima Folk History Museum
 * Kagawa Glove Museum
 * Kagawa Memorial Water Park Water Museum
 * Kagawa Prefectural Goshikidai Children's Nature Center
 * Kan'onji City Museum
 * Kinryō-no-Sato Sake Museum
 * Kotohira Town History and Folklore Museum
 * Local Doll Museum
 * Marugame Museum
 * Marukin Soy Sauce Museum
 * Mitoyo City Takuma Town Folk Museum
 * Mount Shiude Archaeological Museum
 * Sakaide City Museum
 * Sakaide City Salt Industry Museum
 * Sanuki City History and Folk Museum
 * Sanuki Kokubun-ji Site Museum
 * Sea Science Museum
 * Seto Inland Sea Folk History Museum
 * Seto Ōhashi Memorial Museum
 * Sōkichi Kawara no Sato Exhibition Hall
 * Tadotsu Town Museum
 * Takamatsu City Kōnan History and Folk Museum
 * Takamatsu Suidō Museum
 * Toramaru Puppet Theater Museum
 * Toyohama Folk Museum (Cotton Museum)
 * Ushiyaguchi Shūkokan
 * Utazu industrial Museum
 * World Coin Museum
 * Yoshima Museum
 * Zentsūji City Local Folk Museum

Other related facilities include:
 * Benesse Art Site Naoshima
 * Benesse House
 * George Nakashima Memorial Gallery
 * Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum
 * Lee Ufan Museum
 * Marugame Art Museum
 * Marugame Castle
 * Marugame Hirai Art Museum
 * Marugame Inokuma Genichirō Museum of Contemporary Art
 * Marugame Uchiwa no Minato Museum
 * Museum of JGSDF Camp Zentsuji
 * Ozaki Hōsai Memorial Museum
 * Teshima Art Museum
 * Teshima Yokoo House
 * Tsuboi Sakae Museum of Literature
 * Shodoshima Yokai Art Museum

Registered museums
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eighteen registered museums in Ehime Prefecture:
 * Ehime Bunkakan
 * Ehime Mingeikan
 * Ehime Prefectural Science Museum
 * Ikata Town Museum
 * Itami Jūzō Memorial Museum
 * Murakami Kaizoku Museum (also referred to as the Murakami Suigun Museum)
 * The Museum of Art, Ehime
 * Museum of Ehime History and Culture
 * Niihama City Museum of Art
 * Ōmishima Maritime Museum
 * Ōmishima Museum of Art Honkan
 * Ōmishima Museum of Art Annex: Iwata Ken Mother and Child Museum, Imabari City
 * Ōmishima Museum of Art Annex: Tokoro Museum Ōmishima
 * Ōyamazumi Jinja Hōmotsukan
 * Ōzu City Museum
 * Shiki Memorial Museum
 * Tōon City Museum of History and Folklore
 * Uwajima City Date Museum

Designated museum-equivalent facilities
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ehime Prefecture:
 * Kuma Museum of Art
 * Hirose Memorial Museum
 * Saijō City Saijō Folk Museum
 * Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
 * Takabatake Kashō Taishō Roman-kan
 * Tobe Zoological Park of Ehime Prefecture

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Akagane Museum
 * Besshi Copper Mine Memorial Museum
 * Ehime Prefectural Lifelong Learning Center
 * Ehime University Museum
 * Higurashi Villa Memorial Museum
 * Ikazaki Kite Museum
 * Imabari City Kōno Museum of Art
 * Itō Toyoo Museum of Architecture, Imabari
 * Kaimei School
 * Kawara-kan
 * Kubota Palm Garden
 * Matsuyama Archaeological Museum
 * Murakami Santō Memorial Museum
 * Omogo Mountain Museum
 * Paper Museum
 * Railway History Park, Saijō
 * Shikokuchūō City Museum of History and Archaeology
 * Tamagawa Museum of Modern Art, Imabari
 * Tobe Ware Traditional Industry Hall
 * Towel Museum Ichihiro
 * Uwajima City Historical Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Aki City Calligraphy Museum
 * Aki City Museum of History and Folklore
 * Kami City Art Museum
 * Kami City Takashi Yanase Memorial Hall & Anpanman Museum
 * Kochi Liberty and People's Rights Museum
 * Kōchi Prefectural Museum of History
 * Katsurahama aquarium
 * Muroto Schoolhouse Aquarium
 * The Museum of Art, Kōchi
 * Ryūga Cave Museum
 * Sakawa Town Aoyama Bunko
 * Sukumo City History Museum
 * Yokoyama Memorial Manga Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Ekin Museum
 * Former Yamauchi Residence
 * Ino Paper Museum
 * Kōchi Castle
 * Kōchi Castle Museum of History
 * Kōchi Literary Museum
 * Makino Botanical Garden
 * Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum
 * Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum
 * Tosa Yamauchi Family Treasury and Archives
 * Yanase Takashi Memorial Hall
 * Yokokurayama Natural Forest Museum
 * Yoshii Isamu Memorial Museum
 * Zuizan Memorial Museum

Fukuoka

 * Fukuoka Art Museum
 * Fukuoka City Museum
 * Fukuoka Oriental Ceramics Museum
 * Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
 * Gorōyama kofun
 * Idemitsu Museum of Arts
 * Itokoku History Museum
 * Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
 * Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History
 * Kokura Castle
 * Kubote Historical Museum
 * Kurume City Art Museum
 * Kyushu Historical Museum
 * Kyushu National Museum
 * Matsumoto Seichō Memorial Museum
 * Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Arita Ceramic Art Museum
 * Arita Porcelain Park
 * Chōkokan
 * Imaemon Museum of Ceramic Antiques
 * Kawamura Art Museum
 * Kyūshū Ceramic Museum
 * Nakatomi Memorial Medicine Museum
 * Saga Castle History Museum
 * Saga Prefectural Art Museum
 * Saga Prefectural Museum
 * Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum
 * Yōkō Art Museum
 * Yūtoku Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Arita Folk and History Museum East Building & Arita Ware Reference Museum
 * Fukagawa Porcelain China On The Park Chūjikan
 * Genkai Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Imari City Ceramic Merchants Museum
 * Imari History and Folklore Museum
 * Imari-Nabeshima Gallery
 * Kamimine Town Furusato Gakkan
 * Karatsu Castle
 * Karatsu City Kodai no Mori Kaikan
 * Kashima City Folk Museum
 * Kōhoku Town Museum
 * Matsurokan
 * Muraoka Sōhonpo Yōkan Museum
 * Nakabayashi Gochiku Memorial Museum
 * Ogi City Historical Museum
 * Ōkuma Shigenobu Memorial Museum
 * Saga City History and Folklore Museum
 * Saga Prefecture Agricultural Research Center Museum
 * Saga Prefecture Space and Science Museum
 * Saga University Art Museum
 * Sano Tsunetami Memorial Museum
 * Shida Ware Museum
 * Taihei-an Sake Brewery Museum
 * Takeo City Library and History Museum
 * Taku City Museum
 * Tara Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Ureshino City Museum of History and Folklore
 * Yoshinogari site Yayoi Life Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Confucius Shrine & Historical Museum of China
 * Huis Ten Bosch Museums
 * Iki City Ikikoku Museum
 * Ikitsuki Island Museum, Shima no Yakata
 * Matsura Historical Museum
 * Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University Museum
 * Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
 * Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
 * Sasebo City Museum, Shimase Art Center
 * Shin-Kamigotō Geihinkan Museum
 * Unzen Vidro Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Endō Shūsaku Literary Museum
 * Glover Garden
 * Gunkanjima Museum
 * Former Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Nagasaki Branch Memorial Multi-Purpose Hall
 * Gotō Kankō History Museum
 * Hirado Castle
 * Hirado Dutch Trading Post
 * Hirado Kirishitan Museum
 * Inori-no-Oka Picture Book Museum
 * Kamitsushima Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Matsunaga Yasuzaemon Memorial Museum
 * Matsuura City Buried Cultural Property Center
 * MDSF Sasebo History Museum
 * Mine Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works Historical Museum
 * Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
 * Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
 * Nagasaki City Bekkō Crafts Museum
 * Nagasaki City Father de Rotz Memorial Museum
 * Nagasaki City Iōjima Lighthouse Memorial Museum
 * Nagasaki City Kameyama Shachū Memorial Museum
 * Nagasaki City Maizō Shiryōkan
 * Nagasaki City Museum of History and Folklore
 * Nagasaki City Noguchi Yatarō Memorial Museum of Art
 * Nagasaki City Old Photograph Museum
 * Nagasaki City Science Museum
 * Nagasaki City Sotome Museum of History and Folklore
 * Nagasaki City Takashima Coal Museum
 * Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
 * Nagasaki Peace Museum
 * Nagasaki Prefectural Tsushima Museum of History and Folklore
 * Santo Domingo Church Museum
 * Satotabaru Museum of History and Folklore
 * Shimabara Castle
 * Shimizu Kon Exhibition Hall (Nakano Chaya)
 * Siebold Memorial Museum
 * Suka Gogodō Art Museum
 * Toyotama Museum
 * Tsushima Museum
 * Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument

Former facilities

 * Nagasaki Subtropical Botanical Garden

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Honmyō-ji Hōmotsukan
 * Hoshino Tomihiro Museum of Art, Ashikita
 * Kikuchi Shrine Historical Museum
 * Kumamoto City Museum
 * Kumamoto International Folk Craft Museum
 * Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum
 * Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
 * Kumamoto University Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School
 * Matsui Bunko Museum Kisai
 * Shimada Museum of Arts
 * Shinpūren Museum
 * Tamana City Historical Museum Kokoropia
 * Yamaga City Museum
 * Yatsushiro City Museum Future Forest Museum
 * Yunomae Manga Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Amakusa Archives
 * Amakusa Christian Museum
 * Amakusa City Itsuwa Museum of History and Folklore
 * Amakusa Collegio Museum
 * Amakusa Rosary Museum
 * Arao City Miyazaki Brothers Museum
 * Arao Cultural Center & Children's Science Museum
 * Aso Volcano Museum
 * Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
 * Goshoura Cretaceous Museum
 * Gotō Zezan Memorial Museum
 * Higo no Satoyama Gallery
 * Hondo Museum of History and Folklore
 * Inukai Memorial Museum of Art
 * Itsuki Village History and Culture Exchange Center, Historia Terrace Itsukidani
 * The Janes' Residence, Kumamoto
 * Kitasato Shibasaburō Memorial Museum
 * Kiyoura Memorial Museum
 * Koizumi Yakumo Former Residence in Kumamoto
 * Kōshi City Kōshi Historical Museum
 * Kōshi City Nishi-Gōshi Historical Museum
 * Kumamoto City Tabaruzaka Seinan Civil War Museum
 * Kumamoto City Tsukahara Historical Museum,
 * Kumamoto City Water Science Museum
 * Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanic Gardens
 * Kumamoto Museum of History and Literature
 * Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Arts Center
 * Kyūsendō Forest Museum
 * Matsumae Shigeyoshi Memorial Museum
 * Mifune Dinosaur Museum
 * Minamata Disease Museum
 * Minamiaso Luna Observatory
 * Nagomi Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Natsume Sōseki Former Residence in Uchitsuboimachi
 * Newspaper Museum
 * Ōzu Town Museum of History and Cultural Tradition
 * Reihoku History Museum
 * Riddell-Wright Memorial Hall
 * Sakamoto Zenzō Museum of Art
 * Seiwa Bunraku Museum
 * Shiken Fujin Memorial Museum
 * Sohō Memorial Museum
 * Tsunagi Art Museum
 * Tokutomi Memorial Garden
 * Uki City Shiranuhi Museum (cf. shiranui)
 * Yamae Village History and Folklore Museum
 * Yamaga Lantern Folk Craft Museum
 * Yokoi Shōnan Memorial Museum

Registered museums
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five registered museums in Ōita Prefecture:
 * Kunisaki City Historical Learning Centre
 * Nakatsu History Museum
 * Nikaidō Museum of Art
 * Ōita City Art Museum
 * Ōita Prefectural Museum of History

Designated museum-equivalent facilities
As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were ten designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ōita Prefecture:
 * Beppu University Museum
 * Hirose Museum
 * Hita City Museum
 * Kurushima Takehiko Memorial Hall
 * Kyūshū Natural Animal Park African Safari
 * Ōita Fragrance Museum
 * Ōita Marine Palace Aquarium "Umitamago"
 * Ōita Prefectural Art Museum
 * Ōita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical Archives
 * Yabakei Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc.
In addition to the above, the following facilities are member museums of the Ōita Prefectural Museum Council (大分県博物館協議会):
 * Asakura Fumio Memorial Museum
 * Beppu City Art Museum
 * Bungo-Ōno City Museum of History and Folklore
 * Hiroike Chikurō Memorial Museum
 * Kitsuki Castle Town Museum
 * Miura Baien Museum, Kunisaki
 * Nakatsu Castle
 * Nakatsu City Museum of History and Folklore
 * Ōita City Historical Museum
 * Ōita Takasaki-yama Natural Wildlife Park
 * Taketa City Historical Museum
 * Usa Jingū Hōmotsukan

Other facilities include:
 * Ama Kofun Shiryōkan
 * Beppu Art Museum
 * Comico Art Museum Yufuin
 * Nogami Yaeko Memorial Museum of Literature
 * Nada-gū Hōmotsukan
 * Ōita Kenritsu Geijutsu Kaikan
 * Saiki History Museum
 * Sano Botanical Garden
 * Tenryō Hita Museum
 * Yufuin Modern Art Museum
 * Yufuin Retro Motor Museum

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Miyakonojō City Museum of Art
 * Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
 * Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History
 * Saitobaru Archaeological Museum of Miyazaki Prefecture
 * Shiiba Folk Arts Museum
 * Takanabe Museum of Art

Museum-like facilities, etc

 * Agricultural Museum, University of Miyazaki Faculty of Agriculture
 * Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden
 * Aya International Craft Castle
 * Ebino History and Folklore Museum
 * Former Yoshimatsu Family Residence
 * Gokase Town Museum of the Blessings of Nature
 * Hyūga City History and Folk Museum
 * Hyūga City Hososhima Port Museum
 * Ishii Jūji Shiryōkan
 * Kadogawa History and Folk Museum
 * Kunitomi Sōgō Bunka Kaikan
 * Miyakonojō History Museum
 * Miyakonojō Shimazu Residence
 * Miyazaki Art Center
 * Miyazaki City Museum of History & Ikime-no-Mori Yūkokan
 * Miyazaki Jingū Chōkokan
 * Miyazaki Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center
 * Miyazaki Science Center
 * Morotsuka Folk Museum
 * Naitō Memorial Museum
 * Nishimera Museum of History and Folklore
 * Nobeoka Botanical Garden
 * Nojiri Museum of History and Folklore
 * Obi Castle History Museum
 * Ōyodo River Study Center
 * Saito City Museum of History and Folklore
 * Takachiho Community Center
 * Takanabe Town Museum of History
 * Wakayama Bokusui Memorial Museum of Literature
 * Yasui Sokken Memorial Museum

Former museums

 * Miyazaki Museum of History and Culture

Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

 * Harano Agricultural Museum
 * Ibusuki Archaeological Museum, Jiyūkan Cocco Hashimure
 * The International University of Kagoshima Faculty of Intercultural Studies Museum of Archaeology
 * Iwasaki Art Museum
 * Jigen-ryū Swordsmanship Museum
 * Kagoshima City Modern Literature Museum & Kagoshima City Märchen Fairy Tale Museum
 * Kagoshima City Museum of Art
 * Kagoshima Prefectural Museum
 * Kagoshima University Museum
 * Kodama Museum of Art
 * Matsushita Museum of Art
 * Miyake Museum of Art
 * Nagashima Museum
 * Nakamura Shinya Art Museum
 * Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material
 * Shōko Shūseikan
 * Yoshii Junji Art Museum
 * Yōzan Museum of Art

Museum-like facilities, etc
As of 20 June 2019, other than the above, the following were members of the Kagoshima Prefecture Museum Association (鹿児島県博物館協会):
 * Aira City History and Folk Museum
 * Akune City History Museum
 * Amami City Amami Museum (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)
 * Amami City Museum of History and Folklore (member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)
 * Amami Park (Amami no Sato, Tanaka Isson Memorial Museum of Art)
 * Chin Jukan Museum
 * Flower Park Kagoshima
 * Hioki City Fukiage Museum of History and Folklore
 * Hirota Site Museum & Park
 * History Museum Kimpō, Minamisatsuma City
 * Isen Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Ishibashi Park & Memorial Hall
 * Izumi City Crane Museum, Crane Park Izumi
 * Izumi City History and Folk Museum
 * Izumi Fumoto History Museum
 * Japan Mandarin Orange Center
 * Kagoshima Aquarium
 * Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoological Park
 * Kagoshima City Museum of Archaeology
 * Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University Museum
 * Kagoshima Municipal Science Hall
 * Kagoshima Women's Junior College Museum
 * Kasasa Art Museum, Minamisatsuma (Kurose Lookout Museum)
 * Kasasa Ebisu
 * Kihoku Historical Folk Museum, Kanoya City
 * Kimotsuki Museum of History and Folklore
 * Kirishima City Hayato Museum of History and Folklore
 * Kirishima Open Air Museum
 * Kirishima Kokubu Museum of History
 * Kishinkan, Bōnotsu Center for Historical Material
 * Makurazaki Nanmeikan Cultural Resource Center
 * Minamisatsuma Municipal Museum on Kaseda Local History
 * Minamitane Town Museum
 * Miyanojō Historical Center, Satsuma
 * Muku Hatojū Memorial Museum of Literature
 * Museum Chiran
 * Museum of the Meiji Restoration
 * Nagashima Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Nakatane Town Museum of History and Folklore
 * Saigō Nanshū Memorial Museum
 * Sakurajima Visitor Center
 * Satsuma Denshōkan
 * Satsuma Students Museum
 * Satsumasendai History Museum
 * Satsumasendai Magokoro Museum of Literature
 * Setouchi Town Library & Setouchi Municipal Museum (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)
 * Shibushi City Buried Cultural Property Center
 * Sueyoshi Museum of History and Folklore, Soo City
 * Tanegashima Akagome Museum
 * Tanegashima Development Center
 * Tokunoshima Town Museum
 * Uenohara Jōmon no Mori
 * Wadomari Town Museum of History and Folklore (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)
 * Yakushima Environmental and Cultural Village Center
 * Yakushima Town History and Folk Museum
 * Yakusugi Museum

In addition to the above, the following facilities are in Kagoshima Prefecture:
 * Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
 * Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
 * Ei Museum of History and Folklore, Minamikyūshū
 * Kanoya Air Base Museum
 * Kihoku Astronomical Museum
 * Kirishima City Museum of History and Folklore
 * Little Miyata Museum
 * Nansatsu Railway Museum
 * Nihonga Memorial Museum of Art, Sōbun
 * Sakurajima International Volcanic Sabō Center
 * Sendai Space Hall
 * Yokogawa Museum of History and Traditional Crafts, Kirishima

Registered museums
As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eleven registered museums in Okinawa Prefecture:
 * Ginowan City Museum
 * Himeyuri Peace Museum
 * Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum
 * Kumejima Museum
 * Miyakojima City Museum
 * Nago Museum
 * Naha Municipal Tsuboya Pottery Museum
 * Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
 * Okinawa Municipal Museum
 * Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
 * Urasoe Art Museum

Designated museum-equivalent facilities
As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Okinawa Prefecture:
 * Haebaru Culture Center
 * Okinawa Kodomo Future Zone
 * Okinawa World
 * Southeast Botanical Gardens
 * Ryūkyū University Museum (Fūju-kan)
 * Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum

Museum-like facilities, etc.
In addition to the above, and as of 1 May 2018, the Okinawa Prefectural Government lists the following facilities:
 * Anti-War Peace Museum (Nuchi du Takara no Ie)
 * Ayamihabiru Museum
 * Butterfly Museum Kabira
 * Former Navy Headquarters
 * Ginoza Village Museum
 * Higashi Village Mountain and Water Life Museum
 * Iheya Village History and Folk Museum
 * Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Center
 * Ishigaki Island Limestone Cave
 * Ishigaki Yaima Mura
 * Izena Fureai Folk Museum
 * Kihō-in Shūshūkan
 * Kohama Folk Museum
 * Kumejima Firefly Museum
 * Kumejima Sea Turtle Museum
 * Kumejima-tsumugi no Sato, Yuimāru-kan
 * Kadena Folk Material Hall
 * Kuroshima Research Station
 * Manko Waterbird & Wetland Center
 * Mekaru Family Residence
 * Minamidaitō Furusato Culture Center
 * Minamidaitō Visitor Center Shima Marugoto Museum
 * Minsa Weaving Craft Hall
 * Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden
 * Miyakojima Kaihōkan
 * Old Miyaradunchi
 * Moromi Folkcraft Museum
 * Motobu Town Museum
 * Mukashi-kan
 * Naha City Museum of History
 * Naha City Traditional Arts and Craft Center
 * Nakamura Family Residence
 * Nakijin Village History and Culture Center
 * Neo Park Okinawa
 * Nantō Folk Museum
 * Oceanic Culture Museum
 * Ōhama Nobumoto Memorial Museum
 * Okinawa City Street Corner Data Hall
 * Okinawa Nature School Museum
 * Okinawa Peace Hall
 * Okinawa Postal Material Center
 * Okinawa Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center
 * Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum
 * Omoro Botanical Garden
 * Onna Village Museum
 * Ryūkyū Black Pearl Center
 * Ryūkyū Shimpō Newspaper Museum
 * Ryukyu Village
 * Sakima Art Museum
 * Satake Yaeyama Palm Memorial Museum
 * Shimamuraya Sightseeing Park Folk Museum
 * Shuri Castle Park
 * Shuri Ryūsen Traditional Craft Museum
 * Tarama Village Furusato Minzoku Gakushūkan
 * Tokashiki Village History and Folk Heritage Museum
 * Tomigusuku City History and Folk Material Exhibition Room
 * Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum
 * Tropical Dream Center
 * Ueno German Culture Village Kinder House
 * Uezu Family Residence
 * Uruma City Ishikawa History and Folk Museum
 * Uruma City Sea Culture Museum
 * Uruma City Yonashiro History and Folk Museum
 * Yaese Town Gushikami Museum of History and Folklore
 * Yaeyama Peace Memorial Museum
 * Yambaru Wildlife Conservation Center, Ufugi Nature Museum
 * Yomitan Village Art Museum
 * Yomitan Village History and Folklore Museum
 * Yonabaru Town Tsunahiki Museum
 * Yui Rail Exhibition Hall

In addition to the above, the following appear on the list of member museums of the Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society (沖縄県博物館協会):
 * Eisa Museum
 * Minamikaze Museum
 * Nakagusuku Village Gosamaru Historical Materials Library
 * National Theatre Okinawa
 * Okinawa Army Hospital Haebaru Bunker No.20