2023 Top 40 of the Best Japanese Museums in the United States

Museums and galleries in the United States that display Japanese Art.

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2023 Japanese Museums in the United States

2023 Japanese Museums

Japanese Museums Near Me (United States)

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  Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre

  Our mission is to honour, preserve, and share Japanese culture and Japanese Canadian history and heritage for a better Canada. 
  
  Nikkei Centre is a multi-use facility at the corner of Ki...
  

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  Yayoi Kusama Museum

  Yayoi Kusama Museum was founded by the avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, and is run by the Yayoi Kusama Foundation. It opened in 2017 with the aim of spreading and promoting Kusama’s art, exhibiti...
  

Arkansas

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  Crystal Bridges Museum

  The mission of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is to welcome all to celebrate the American spirit in a setting that unites the power of art with the beauty of nature. Crystal Bridges takes i...
  

California

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  Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

  The Japanese Pavilion The Pavilion
  The Pavilion for Japanese Art is unique in America as a separate building dedicated to the display of Japanese Art within the complex of a l...
  

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  The Getty Center, Los Angeles

  The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of outstanding qua...
  

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  California Science Center & iMax Theater (Museum)

  Sceience Center & iMax Theater
  We aspire to stimulate curiosity and inspire science learning in everyo...
  

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  Norton Simon Museum

  The Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena holds one of the world's finest and most prestigious collections of art.  Reflecting the extraordinary effort and vision of its founder, it stands as a t...
  

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  Japanese American Museum of San Jose

  The Japanese American Museum of San Jose showcases a unique collection of permanent and rotating exhibits chronicling more than a century of Japanese American history. Visitors will learn about ear...
  

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  Huntington Library, Art, Museum, and Botanical Gardens (Japanese Garden)

  After a year-long closure and a $6.8 million renovation, the historic Japanese Garden reopened in April, marking its centennial as one of the most beloved and iconic landscapes at The Huntington. C...
  

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  Martial Arts History Museum

  The Martial Arts History Museum, the first museum in the world featuring all aspects of Asian martial arts and Asian culture, is pleased to announce its relocation from Santa Clarita, CA to the cit...
  

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  Asian Art Museum

  The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian Art, with a collection of over 17,000 artworks spanning 6,000 years of history....
  

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  Petersen Automotive Museum

  On June 11, 1994, Robert E. Petersen and his wife, Margie, fulfilled a longtime dream when they became founding benefactors to start the Petersen Automotive Museum, donating $5 million to the Los A...
  

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  San Diego Museum of Art

  Welcome to the San Diego Museum of Art, the region's primary resource for exhibitions and collections of fine art for more than 80 years. Located in the heart of Balboa Park, our galleries offer op...
  

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  Bowers Museum

  President Message
  In furthering the Bowers’ mission of bringing great art to the people of California, we are very proud to present Art of the Samurai: Selections from the T...
  

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  Manzanar National Historic Site

  In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar War Relocation Center was o...
  

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  USC Pacific Asia Museum

  Established in 1971, the museum is one of few U.S. institutions dedicated to the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands, serving the city of Los Angeles and the Greater Southern Californi...
  

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  Go For Broke National Education Center (Next to JANM Museum), Los Angeles - Little Tokyo

  In 1986 World War II Japanese American veterans decided to create an organization committed to telling their story. A story shaped by the Nisei’s character, that of courage, honor, determination,...
  

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  NJAHS Peace Gallery

  NJAHS was founded in 1980 as “Go For Broke, Inc.,” whose purpose was to promote the history and accomplishments of Japanese American veterans of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team and the M...
  

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  Isamu Noguchi's Garden of Stone - Artist Isamu Noguchi, Irvine

  Discover Isamu Noguchi's California Scenario
  Commissioned by the Segerstrom family in 1979 and completed in 1982, Isamu Noguchi’s California Scenario is recognized as one of...
  

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  Design Museum of UC Davis

  Design Museum. Enhancing the teaching and research activities of the Department of Design, the UC Davis Design Museum explores how design shapes, improves and makes economically viable the objects,...
  

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  Torrance Art Museum (Free)

  The Museum encourages all people to develop and increase their understanding and appreciation for modern and contemporary artwork via a variety of exhibitions offered in its two gallery spaces, as ...
  

Colorado

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  Aspen Art Museum

  The structure that housed the former Aspen Art Museum on North Mill Street was originally built in 1888 for the Hunter Creek Power Plant. Aspen was the first city west of the Mississippi to have st...
  

Dist. Of Columbia

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  Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

  Now entering its fifth decade, the Hirshhorn is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time. Located in the heart of Washin...
  

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  National Gallery of Art

  The National Gallery of Art is free to all visitors and is open seven days a week and is located between 3rd Street and 9th Street on Constitution Avenue, NW.

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Florida

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  Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

  Since its opening in 1977, The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens has been a center for Japanese arts and culture in South Florida, with rotating exhibitions in its galleries, tea ceremonies perf...
  

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Massachusetts

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  Worcester Art Museum

  Founded in 1896, the Worcester Art Museum's (WAM) mission is to “connect people, communities, and cultures through the experience of art.” WAM actively pursues this mission by sharing and carin...
  

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  Museum of Fine Arts - Japanese Garden, Tenshin-en (The Garden of the Heart of Heaven)

  Dedicated in October 1988, Tenshin-en, or the “Garden of the Heart of Heaven,” is a contemplative Japanese garden. Named for the Museum’s curator of Chinese and Japanese Art, Kakuzō Okakura ...
  

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  McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College

  McMullen Museum of Art is the university art museum of Boston College in Brighton, Massachusetts, near the main campus in Chestnut Hill. The Museum holds an extensive permanent collection that span...
  

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  ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston
  

New York

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  Japan Society, New York (Youngest Landmark Building After 40 Years Old)

  Japan Society is the leading U.S. organization committed to deepening mutual understanding between the United States and Japan in a global context. Now in its second century, the Society serves aud...
  

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  The Noguchi Museum

  reated by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), The Noguchi Museum opened in 1985, presenting a comprehensive collection of the artist's works in stone, metal, wood, and clay, as wel...
  

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  American Museum of Natural History

  The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, int...
  

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  The Met Fifth Avenue

  Armor (Gusoku), 18th century, Helmet signed by Bamen Tomotsugu Japanese
  On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 377
  
  With Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) winning the decisive Battle ...
  

Ohio

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  The Cleveland Museum of Art

  The Cleveland Museum of Art's collection of Japanese art is one of the most distinguished collections outside of Japan.

  In 1916, when the Cleveland Museum of Art’s first building opened, it...
  

Oregon

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  OMSI - Empirical Theater (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry)

  Learn something new and make memories in our five halls full of 200 interactive exhibits and activities for all ages.

  
  
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  Japanese American Museum of Oregon at Naito Center

  The mission of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon is to preserve and honor the history and culture of Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest, educate the public about the Japanese American...
  

Pennsylvania

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  Please Touch Museum

  Please Touch Museum’s mission is to “Change a child’s life as they discover the power of learning through play.” Our Museum is where lifelong learning begins, curiosity is encouraged and ev...
  

Texas

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  The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum - Samurai Collection

  The Samurai Collection is Dallas, Texas, was created in 2012 to house the Japanese Armor of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller.  Their ever-expanding collection is comprised of almost 1,000 objects, ...
  

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  Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH)

  Welcome to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. I hope you find mfah.org an inspiring guide to the wonderful experiences in store for you at the Museum, and I invite you to explore all of the exceptio...
  

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Washington

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  Bainbridge Island Historical Museum

  The Bainbridge Island Historical Museum and the award-winning exhibit “Kodomo No Tame Ni-For the Sake of the Children.” It covers a century of history of pioneering Japanese immigrants and Japa...
  

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  Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington & Nikkei Museum of Washington (JCCCW)

  To build and grow a central gathering place for sharing and promoting Japanese and Japanese American culture and heritage.
  
  2 Locations at 1 Address
  1414 South Welle...
  

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  Northwest Nikkei Museum

  The Northwest Nikkei Museum is a program of JCCCW dedicated to promoting the heritage of the Pacific Northwest’s Nikkei community. We preserve and exhibit objects, photographs and more related to...
  

Wyoming

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  Heart Mountain Interpretive Center

  Heart Mountain is located 14 miles east of Cody, Wyoming. Take Hwy 14A to Road 19. A small road sign marks the turn. Look for tall red chimney to the north.
  
  In August of 2011, the Heart ...